#BCBA98#BCBA98

#BCBA98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.046 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA98
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 152)
HSL	hsl(57, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -5.01, 17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 18.24, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0117 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.046 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9651, 48.0767, 36.6633)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA98 #989ABC

analogous

#BCA898 #BCBA98 #ACBC98

triadic

#BCBA98 #98BCBA #BA98BC

tetradic

#BCBA98 #98BCA8 #989ABC #BC98AC

square

#BCBA98 #98BCA8 #989ABC #BC98AC

split-complementary

#BCBA98 #98ACBC #A898BC

monochromatic

#848156 #A4A173 #BCBA98 #D4D3BD #ECECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA98

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA98	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.046 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb6',
    500: '#bcba98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba98;
$custom-light: #d0ceb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78161,
    "c": 0.04642,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA98

secondary

#D2D3DE

accent

#4BA046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA98

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

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