#BCBB9A#BCBB9A

#BCBB9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.045 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB9A
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 154)
HSL	hsl(58, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -5.23, 16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 17.68, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0124 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.045 106)
XYZ	xyz(44.3417, 48.5656, 37.6038)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB9A #9A9BBC

analogous

#BCAA9A #BCBB9A #ACBC9A

triadic

#BCBB9A #9ABCBB #BB9ABC

tetradic

#BCBB9A #9ABCAA #9A9BBC #BC9AAC

square

#BCBB9A #9ABCAA #9A9BBC #BC9AAC

split-complementary

#BCBB9A #9AACBC #AA9ABC

monochromatic

#848358 #A4A275 #BCBB9A #D4D4BF #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB9A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB9A	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)

#C1B898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.045 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb7',
    500: '#bcbb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb9a;
$custom-light: #d0cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78418,
    "c": 0.04505,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.48565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB9A

secondary

#D4D4DE

accent

#499F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB9A

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

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