#BCBC97#BCBC97

#BCBC97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.050 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC97
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -6.21, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 19.78, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0151 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.05 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3079, 48.8927, 36.3752)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC97 #9797BC

analogous

#BCAA97 #BCBC97 #AABC97

triadic

#BCBC97 #97BCBC #BC97BC

tetradic

#BCBC97 #97BCAA #9797BC #BC97AA

square

#BCBC97 #97BCAA #9797BC #BC97AA

split-complementary

#BCBC97 #97AABC #AA97BC

monochromatic

#848455 #A4A472 #BCBC97 #D4D4BC #ECECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCBC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC97

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC97	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.050 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b5',
    500: '#bcbc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc97;
$custom-light: #d0d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78559,
    "c": 0.05031,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC97

secondary

#D1D1DD

accent

#45A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC97

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

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