#BCBA97#BCBA97

#BCBA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.048 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA97
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -5.16, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 18.77, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0121 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.048 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8836, 48.0441, 36.2338)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA97 #9799BC

analogous

#BCA897 #BCBA97 #ACBC97

triadic

#BCBA97 #97BCBA #BA97BC

tetradic

#BCBA97 #97BCA8 #9799BC #BC97AC

square

#BCBA97 #97BCA8 #9799BC #BC97AC

split-complementary

#BCBA97 #97ACBC #A897BC

monochromatic

#848155 #A4A172 #BCBA97 #D4D3BC #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA97

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA97	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.048 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb5',
    500: '#bcba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba97;
$custom-light: #d0ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78138,
    "c": 0.04774,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA97

secondary

#D1D2DD

accent

#4AA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA97

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

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