#BCB995#BCB995

#BCB995 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.049 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB995
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(55, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -4.93, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 19.34, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0115 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.049 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5126, 47.5598, 35.3157)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB995 #9598BC

analogous

#BCA595 #BCB995 #ABBC95

triadic

#BCB995 #95BCB9 #B995BC

tetradic

#BCB995 #95BCA5 #9598BC #BC95AB

square

#BCB995 #95BCA5 #9598BC #BC95AB

split-complementary

#BCB995 #95ABBC #A595BC

monochromatic

#838053 #A4A070 #BCB995 #D4D2BA #EBEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCB995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB995

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB995	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.049 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb4',
    500: '#bcb995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb995;
$custom-light: #d0ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77883,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB995

secondary

#D0D1DD

accent

#4CA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB995

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

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