#BCBB98#BCBB98

#BCBB98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.048 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB98
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(58, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -5.53, 17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 18.74, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0132 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.048 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1765, 48.4995, 36.7338)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB98 #9899BC

analogous

#BCA998 #BCBB98 #ABBC98

triadic

#BCBB98 #98BCBB #BB98BC

tetradic

#BCBB98 #98BCA9 #9899BC #BC98AB

square

#BCBB98 #98BCA9 #9899BC #BC98AB

split-complementary

#BCBB98 #98ABBC #A998BC

monochromatic

#848356 #A4A373 #BCBB98 #D4D3BD #ECECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB98

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB98	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.048 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb6',
    500: '#bcbb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb98;
$custom-light: #d0cfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78371,
    "c": 0.04769,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB98

secondary

#D2D2DE

accent

#48A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB98

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

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