#BCB985#BCB985

#BCB985 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.070 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB985
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -7.17, 26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 27.79, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0182 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.07 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3218, 47.0835, 29.0443)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB985 #8588BC

analogous

#BC9D85 #BCB985 #A3BC85

triadic

#BCB985 #85BCB9 #B985BC

tetradic

#BCB985 #85BC9D #8588BC #BC85A3

square

#BCB985 #85BC9D #8588BC #BC85A3

split-complementary

#BCB985 #85A3BC #9D85BC

monochromatic

#807D46 #A6A25D #BCB985 #D2D0AD #E7E6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCB985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB985

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB985	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.070 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cea9',
    500: '#bcb985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb985;
$custom-light: #d1cea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77543,
    "c": 0.06964,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB985

secondary

#C4C6D8

accent

#44A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB985

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

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