#BCBC9A#BCBC9A

#BCBC9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.046 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC9A
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -5.76, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 18.19, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0139 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.046 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5546, 48.9914, 37.6747)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC9A #9A9ABC

analogous

#BCAB9A #BCBC9A #ABBC9A

triadic

#BCBC9A #9ABCBC #BC9ABC

tetradic

#BCBC9A #9ABCAB #9A9ABC #BC9AAB

square

#BCBC9A #9ABCAB #9A9ABC #BC9AAB

split-complementary

#BCBC9A #9AABBC #AB9ABC

monochromatic

#848458 #A4A475 #BCBC9A #D4D4BF #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCBC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC9A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC9A	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.046 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b7',
    500: '#bcbc9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc9a;
$custom-light: #d0d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78628,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC9A

secondary

#D4D4DE

accent

#479F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC9A

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

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