#BCB992#BCB992

#BCB992 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.053 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB992
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 146)
HSL	hsl(56, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 22.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -5.37, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 20.93, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0127 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.053 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2762, 47.4652, 34.0705)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB992 #9295BC

analogous

#BCA492 #BCB992 #AABC92

triadic

#BCB992 #92BCB9 #B992BC

tetradic

#BCB992 #92BCA4 #9295BC #BC92AA

square

#BCB992 #92BCA4 #9295BC #BC92AA

split-complementary

#BCB992 #92AABC #A492BC

monochromatic

#837F51 #A5A16C #BCB992 #D3D1B8 #EBEADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCB992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB992

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB992	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)

#C0B690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.053 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb2',
    500: '#bcb992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb992;
$custom-light: #d0ceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 23.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77816,
    "c": 0.05304,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB992

secondary

#CECFDC

accent

#4AA243

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F5

border

#D2D2CF

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB992

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

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