#BCBB9B#BCBB9B

#BCBB9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.044 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB9B
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(58, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -5.08, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 17.15, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.012 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.044 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4254, 48.5990, 38.0442)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB9B #9B9CBC

analogous

#BCAB9B #BCBB9B #ADBC9B

triadic

#BCBB9B #9BBCBB #BB9BBC

tetradic

#BCBB9B #9BBCAB #9B9CBC #BC9BAD

square

#BCBB9B #9BBCAB #9B9CBC #BC9BAD

split-complementary

#BCBB9B #9BADBC #AB9BBC

monochromatic

#848359 #A3A276 #BCBB9B #D5D4C0 #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCBB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB9B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB9B	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.044 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb8',
    500: '#bcbb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb9b;
$custom-light: #d0cfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78441,
    "c": 0.04372,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB9B

secondary

#D4D5DF

accent

#4A9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB9B

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

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