#BCBA85#BCBA85

#BCBA85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.071 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA85
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -7.69, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 28.27, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0197 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.071 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5318, 47.5034, 29.1143)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA85 #8587BC

analogous

#BC9E85 #BCBA85 #A2BC85

triadic

#BCBA85 #85BCBA #BA85BC

tetradic

#BCBA85 #85BC9E #8587BC #BC85A2

square

#BCBA85 #85BC9E #8587BC #BC85A2

split-complementary

#BCBA85 #85A2BC #9E85BC

monochromatic

#807E46 #A6A45D #BCBA85 #D2D0AD #E7E7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCBA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA85

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA85	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)

#C3B681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.071 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cea9',
    500: '#bcba85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba85;
$custom-light: #d1cea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77755,
    "c": 0.07086,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA85

secondary

#C4C5D8

accent

#42A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA85

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

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