#BCB993#BCB993

#BCB993 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.052 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB993
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 147)
HSL	hsl(56, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 21.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -5.22, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 20.40, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0123 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.052 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3543, 47.4965, 34.4820)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB993 #9396BC

analogous

#BCA493 #BCB993 #AABC93

triadic

#BCB993 #93BCB9 #B993BC

tetradic

#BCB993 #93BCA4 #9396BC #BC93AA

square

#BCB993 #93BCA4 #9396BC #BC93AA

split-complementary

#BCB993 #93AABC #A493BC

monochromatic

#838051 #A5A16D #BCB993 #D3D1B9 #EBEADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCB993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB993

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB993	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)

#C0B691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.052 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb2',
    500: '#bcb993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb993;
$custom-light: #d0ceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 23.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77838,
    "c": 0.05174,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB993

secondary

#CFD0DC

accent

#4BA244

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB993

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

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