#BCBB9F#BCBB9F

#BCBB9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.038 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB9F
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(58, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -4.45, 14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 15.01, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0103 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.038 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7669, 48.7356, 39.8427)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB9F #9FA0BC

analogous

#BCAC9F #BCBB9F #AEBC9F

triadic

#BCBB9F #9FBCBB #BB9FBC

tetradic

#BCBB9F #9FBCAC #9FA0BC #BC9FAE

square

#BCBB9F #9FBCAC #9FA0BC #BC9FAE

split-complementary

#BCBB9F #9FAEBC #AC9FBC

monochromatic

#84835C #A3A17B #BCBB9F #D5D5C3 #EEEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB9F

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB9F	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.038 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfbb',
    500: '#bcbb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb9f;
$custom-light: #d0cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78537,
    "c": 0.03839,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB9F

secondary

#D7D7E0

accent

#4C9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB9F

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

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