#BCBA87#BCBA87

#BCBA87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.068 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA87
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 135)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -7.43, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 27.22, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0188 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.068 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.6713, 47.5592, 29.8489)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA87 #8789BC

analogous

#BC9F87 #BCBA87 #A3BC87

triadic

#BCBA87 #87BCBA #BA87BC

tetradic

#BCBA87 #87BC9F #8789BC #BC87A3

square

#BCBA87 #87BC9F #8789BC #BC87A3

split-complementary

#BCBA87 #87A3BC #9F87BC

monochromatic

#817F48 #A6A360 #BCBA87 #D2D1AE #E8E7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBA87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCBA87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA87

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA87	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)

#C3B684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.068 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceaa',
    500: '#bcba87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba87;
$custom-light: #d0ceaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77795,
    "c": 0.06836,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.47558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA87

secondary

#C6C7D9

accent

#42A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA87

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

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