#BCBA8A#BCBA8A

#BCBA8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.065 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA8A
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -7.02, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 25.65, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0176 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.065 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8855, 47.6448, 30.9770)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA8A #8A8CBC

analogous

#BCA18A #BCBA8A #A5BC8A

triadic

#BCBA8A #8ABCBA #BA8ABC

tetradic

#BCBA8A #8ABCA1 #8A8CBC #BC8AA5

square

#BCBA8A #8ABCA1 #8A8CBC #BC8AA5

split-complementary

#BCBA8A #8AA5BC #A18ABC

monochromatic

#817F4A #A6A363 #BCBA8A #D2D1B1 #E9E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA8A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA8A	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.065 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceac',
    500: '#bcba8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba8a;
$custom-light: #d0ceac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77856,
    "c": 0.06457,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA8A

secondary

#C8C9DA

accent

#44A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA8A

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

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