#BCBC96#BCBC96

#BCBC96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.052 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC96
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -6.36, 19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 20.31, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0155 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.052 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2270, 48.8603, 35.9493)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC96 #9696BC

analogous

#BCA996 #BCBC96 #A9BC96

triadic

#BCBC96 #96BCBC #BC96BC

tetradic

#BCBC96 #96BCA9 #9696BC #BC96A9

square

#BCBC96 #96BCA9 #9696BC #BC96A9

split-complementary

#BCBC96 #96A9BC #A996BC

monochromatic

#848454 #A4A471 #BCBC96 #D4D4BB #ECECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCBC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC96

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC96	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.052 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b5',
    500: '#bcbc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc96;
$custom-light: #d0d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78536,
    "c": 0.05163,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC96

secondary

#D1D1DD

accent

#45A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC96

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

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