#BCB987#BCB987

#BCB987 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.067 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB987
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -6.91, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 26.74, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0173 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.067 105)
XYZ	xyz(42.4613, 47.1393, 29.7789)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB987 #878ABC

analogous

#BC9E87 #BCB987 #A4BC87

triadic

#BCB987 #87BCB9 #B987BC

tetradic

#BCB987 #87BC9E #878ABC #BC87A4

square

#BCB987 #87BC9E #878ABC #BC87A4

split-complementary

#BCB987 #87A4BC #9E87BC

monochromatic

#817E48 #A6A260 #BCB987 #D2D0AE #E8E7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCB987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB987

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB987	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.067 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceaa',
    500: '#bcb987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb987;
$custom-light: #d0ceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77583,
    "c": 0.06713,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.47139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB987

secondary

#C6C7D9

accent

#44A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB987

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

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