#BCB99D#BCB99D

#BCB99D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.039 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB99D
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(54, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -3.71, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 15.08, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0081 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.039 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1734, 47.8241, 38.7957)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB99D #9DA0BC

analogous

#BCAA9D #BCB99D #AFBC9D

triadic

#BCB99D #9DBCB9 #B99DBC

tetradic

#BCB99D #9DBCAA #9DA0BC #BC9DAF

square

#BCB99D #9DBCAA #9DA0BC #BC9DAF

split-complementary

#BCB99D #9DAFBC #AA9DBC

monochromatic

#84805A #A39F79 #BCB99D #D5D3C1 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCB99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB99D

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB99D	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)

#BFB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.039 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceba',
    500: '#bcb99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb99d;
$custom-light: #d0ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7807,
    "c": 0.03854,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB99D

secondary

#D6D7DF

accent

#519D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB99D

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

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