#BCBC99#BCBC99

#BCBC99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.048 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC99
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -5.91, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 18.72, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0143 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.048 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4717, 48.9582, 37.2379)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC99 #9999BC

analogous

#BCAB99 #BCBC99 #ABBC99

triadic

#BCBC99 #99BCBC #BC99BC

tetradic

#BCBC99 #99BCAB #9999BC #BC99AB

square

#BCBC99 #99BCAB #9999BC #BC99AB

split-complementary

#BCBC99 #99ABBC #AB99BC

monochromatic

#848457 #A4A474 #BCBC99 #D4D4BE #EDEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCBC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC99

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC99	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.048 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b7',
    500: '#bcbc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc99;
$custom-light: #d0d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78604,
    "c": 0.04768,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC99

secondary

#D3D3DE

accent

#469F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC99

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

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