#BCB89F#BCB89F

#BCB89F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.035 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB89F
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 159)
HSL	hsl(52, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -2.87, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 13.53, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0058 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.035 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1371, 47.4761, 39.6328)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB89F #9FA3BC

analogous

#BCA99F #BCB89F #B1BC9F

triadic

#BCB89F #9FBCB8 #B89FBC

tetradic

#BCB89F #9FBCA9 #9FA3BC #BC9FB1

square

#BCB89F #9FBCA9 #9FA3BC #BC9FB1

split-complementary

#BCB89F #9FB1BC #A99FBC

monochromatic

#847F5C #A39D7B #BCB89F #D5D3C3 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCB89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB89F

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB89F	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.035 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdbb',
    500: '#bcb89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb89f;
$custom-light: #d0cdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77911,
    "c": 0.03467,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB89F

secondary

#D7D8E0

accent

#559C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB89F

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

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