#BCBB9E#BCBB9E

#BCBB9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.040 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB9E
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(58, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -4.61, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 15.55, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0107 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.04 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6804, 48.7011, 39.3876)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB9E #9E9FBC

analogous

#BCAC9E #BCBB9E #AEBC9E

triadic

#BCBB9E #9EBCBB #BB9EBC

tetradic

#BCBB9E #9EBCAC #9E9FBC #BC9EAE

square

#BCBB9E #9EBCAC #9E9FBC #BC9EAE

split-complementary

#BCBB9E #9EAEBC #AC9EBC

monochromatic

#84835B #A3A27A #BCBB9E #D5D4C2 #EEEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCBB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB9E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB9E	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.040 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfba',
    500: '#bcbb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb9e;
$custom-light: #d0cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78512,
    "c": 0.03972,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB9E

secondary

#D6D7E0

accent

#4C9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB9E

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

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