#BCBA96#BCBA96

#BCBA96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.049 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA96
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -5.31, 18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 19.30, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0126 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.049 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8027, 48.0117, 35.8079)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA96 #9698BC

analogous

#BCA796 #BCBA96 #ABBC96

triadic

#BCBA96 #96BCBA #BA96BC

tetradic

#BCBA96 #96BCA7 #9698BC #BC96AB

square

#BCBA96 #96BCA7 #9698BC #BC96AB

split-complementary

#BCBA96 #96ABBC #A796BC

monochromatic

#848154 #A4A171 #BCBA96 #D4D3BB #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA96

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA96	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.049 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb5',
    500: '#bcba96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba96;
$custom-light: #d0ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.04906,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA96

secondary

#D1D1DD

accent

#4AA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA96

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

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