#BCB997#BCB997

#BCB997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.046 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB997
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -4.63, 17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 18.28, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0106 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.047 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6737, 47.6242, 36.1638)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB997 #979ABC

analogous

#BCA797 #BCB997 #ADBC97

triadic

#BCB997 #97BCB9 #B997BC

tetradic

#BCB997 #97BCA7 #979ABC #BC97AD

square

#BCB997 #97BCA7 #979ABC #BC97AD

split-complementary

#BCB997 #97ADBC #A797BC

monochromatic

#848055 #A4A072 #BCB997 #D4D2BC #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB997

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB997	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.046 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb5',
    500: '#bcb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb997;
$custom-light: #d0ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.0465,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB997

secondary

#D1D2DD

accent

#4DA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB997

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

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