#BCBB9D#BCBB9D

#BCBB9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.041 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB9D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -4.77, 15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 16.08, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0111 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.041 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5947, 48.6668, 38.9361)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB9D #9D9EBC

analogous

#BCAC9D #BCBB9D #ADBC9D

triadic

#BCBB9D #9DBCBB #BB9DBC

tetradic

#BCBB9D #9DBCAC #9D9EBC #BC9DAD

square

#BCBB9D #9DBCAC #9D9EBC #BC9DAD

split-complementary

#BCBB9D #9DADBC #AC9DBC

monochromatic

#84835A #A3A279 #BCBB9D #D5D4C1 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB9D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB9D	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)

#C1B89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.041 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfba',
    500: '#bcbb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb9d;
$custom-light: #d0cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78488,
    "c": 0.04106,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB9D

secondary

#D6D6DF

accent

#4B9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB9D

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

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