#BCBA99#BCBA99

#BCBA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.045 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA99
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -4.86, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 17.71, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0113 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.045 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0474, 48.1096, 37.0965)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA99 #999BBC

analogous

#BCA999 #BCBA99 #ADBC99

triadic

#BCBA99 #99BCBA #BA99BC

tetradic

#BCBA99 #99BCA9 #999BBC #BC99AD

square

#BCBA99 #99BCA9 #999BBC #BC99AD

split-complementary

#BCBA99 #99ADBC #A999BC

monochromatic

#848157 #A4A174 #BCBA99 #D4D3BE #EDECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA99

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA99	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)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.045 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb7',
    500: '#bcba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba99;
$custom-light: #d0ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78185,
    "c": 0.04509,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA99

secondary

#D3D3DE

accent

#4B9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA99

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

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