#BCB89E#BCB89E

#BCB89E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.036 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB89E
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -3.02, 13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 14.06, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0062 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.036 100)
XYZ	xyz(44.0506, 47.4415, 39.1777)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB89E #9EA2BC

analogous

#BCA99E #BCB89E #B1BC9E

triadic

#BCB89E #9EBCB8 #B89EBC

tetradic

#BCB89E #9EBCA9 #9EA2BC #BC9EB1

square

#BCB89E #9EBCA9 #9EA2BC #BC9EB1

split-complementary

#BCB89E #9EB1BC #A99EBC

monochromatic

#847F5B #A39E7A #BCB89E #D5D2C2 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCB89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB89E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB89E	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.036 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdba',
    500: '#bcb89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb89e;
$custom-light: #d0cdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77886,
    "c": 0.036,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.47441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB89E

secondary

#D6D8E0

accent

#549D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB89E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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