#BCB99C#BCB99C

#BCB99C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.040 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB99C
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(54, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -3.87, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 15.61, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0086 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.04 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0883, 47.7901, 38.3479)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB99C #9C9FBC

analogous

#BCA99C #BCB99C #AFBC9C

triadic

#BCB99C #9CBCB9 #B99CBC

tetradic

#BCB99C #9CBCA9 #9C9FBC #BC9CAF

square

#BCB99C #9CBCA9 #9C9FBC #BC9CAF

split-complementary

#BCB99C #9CAFBC #A99CBC

monochromatic

#848059 #A39F78 #BCB99C #D5D3C0 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCB99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB99C

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB99C	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.040 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceb9',
    500: '#bcb99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb99c;
$custom-light: #d0ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78046,
    "c": 0.03987,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB99C

secondary

#D5D6DF

accent

#509E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB99C

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

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