#BCBB96#BCBB96

#BCBB96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.050 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB96
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -5.83, 18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 19.80, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0141 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.05 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0141, 48.4346, 35.8784)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB96 #9697BC

analogous

#BCA896 #BCBB96 #AABC96

triadic

#BCBB96 #96BCBB #BB96BC

tetradic

#BCBB96 #96BCA8 #9697BC #BC96AA

square

#BCBB96 #96BCA8 #9697BC #BC96AA

split-complementary

#BCBB96 #96AABC #A896BC

monochromatic

#848254 #A4A371 #BCBB96 #D4D3BB #ECEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCBB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB96

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB96	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.050 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb5',
    500: '#bcbb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb96;
$custom-light: #d0cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78326,
    "c": 0.05032,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB96

secondary

#D1D1DD

accent

#47A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB96

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

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