#BCB99E#BCB99E

#BCB99E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.037 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB99E
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(54, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -3.55, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 14.55, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0077 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.037 102)
XYZ	xyz(44.2591, 47.8584, 39.2471)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB99E #9EA1BC

analogous

#BCAA9E #BCB99E #B0BC9E

triadic

#BCB99E #9EBCB9 #B99EBC

tetradic

#BCB99E #9EBCAA #9EA1BC #BC9EB0

square

#BCB99E #9EBCAA #9EA1BC #BC9EB0

split-complementary

#BCB99E #9EB0BC #AA9EBC

monochromatic

#84805B #A39F7A #BCB99E #D5D3C2 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCB99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB99E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB99E	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.037 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceba',
    500: '#bcb99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb99e;
$custom-light: #d0ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78094,
    "c": 0.0372,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.47858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB99E

secondary

#D6D7E0

accent

#519D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB99E

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

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