#BCB98E#BCB98E

#BCB98E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.058 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB98E
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -5.94, 22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 23.05, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0144 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.058 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9705, 47.3430, 32.4604)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB98E #8E91BC

analogous

#BCA28E #BCB98E #A8BC8E

triadic

#BCB98E #8EBCB9 #B98EBC

tetradic

#BCB98E #8EBCA2 #8E91BC #BC8EA8

square

#BCB98E #8EBCA2 #8E91BC #BC8EA8

split-complementary

#BCB98E #8EA8BC #A28EBC

monochromatic

#827F4D #A5A168 #BCB98E #D3D1B4 #EAE9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCB98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB98E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB98E	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.058 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceaf',
    500: '#bcb98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb98e;
$custom-light: #d0ceaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77729,
    "c": 0.05822,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB98E

secondary

#CBCCDB

accent

#48A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB98E

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

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