#BCBB99#BCBB99

#BCBB99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.046 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB99
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -5.38, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 18.21, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0128 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.046 106)
XYZ	xyz(44.2588, 48.5324, 37.1670)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB99 #999ABC

analogous

#BCAA99 #BCBB99 #ACBC99

triadic

#BCBB99 #99BCBB #BB99BC

tetradic

#BCBB99 #99BCAA #999ABC #BC99AC

square

#BCBB99 #99BCAA #999ABC #BC99AC

split-complementary

#BCBB99 #99ACBC #AA99BC

monochromatic

#848357 #A4A274 #BCBB99 #D4D4BE #EDECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB99

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB99	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.046 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb7',
    500: '#bcbb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb99;
$custom-light: #d0cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78394,
    "c": 0.04637,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB99

secondary

#D3D3DE

accent

#499F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB99

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

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