#BCBB97#BCBB97

#BCBB97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.049 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB97
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -5.68, 18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 19.27, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0136 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.049 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0950, 48.4669, 36.3043)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB97 #9798BC

analogous

#BCA997 #BCBB97 #ABBC97

triadic

#BCBB97 #97BCBB #BB97BC

tetradic

#BCBB97 #97BCA9 #9798BC #BC97AB

square

#BCBB97 #97BCA9 #9798BC #BC97AB

split-complementary

#BCBB97 #97ABBC #A997BC

monochromatic

#848255 #A4A372 #BCBB97 #D4D3BC #ECECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCBB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB97

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB97	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#C1B895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.049 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb5',
    500: '#bcbb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb97;
$custom-light: #d0cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78348,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB97

secondary

#D1D2DD

accent

#48A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB97

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

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