#BCBB9C#BCBB9C

#BCBB9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.042 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB9C
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(58, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -4.92, 15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 16.61, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0115 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.042 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5097, 48.6328, 38.4883)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB9C #9C9DBC

analogous

#BCAB9C #BCBB9C #ADBC9C

triadic

#BCBB9C #9CBCBB #BB9CBC

tetradic

#BCBB9C #9CBCAB #9C9DBC #BC9CAD

square

#BCBB9C #9CBCAB #9C9DBC #BC9CAD

split-complementary

#BCBB9C #9CADBC #AB9CBC

monochromatic

#848359 #A3A278 #BCBB9C #D5D4C0 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB9C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB9C	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.042 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb9',
    500: '#bcbb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb9c;
$custom-light: #d0cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78465,
    "c": 0.04239,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB9C

secondary

#D5D5DF

accent

#4B9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB9C

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

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