#BCBC9B#BCBC9B

#BCBC9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.045 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC9B
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -5.60, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 17.66, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0135 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.045 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6382, 49.0248, 38.1152)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC9B #9B9BBC

analogous

#BCAC9B #BCBC9B #ACBC9B

triadic

#BCBC9B #9BBCBC #BC9BBC

tetradic

#BCBC9B #9BBCAC #9B9BBC #BC9BAC

square

#BCBC9B #9BBCAC #9B9BBC #BC9BAC

split-complementary

#BCBC9B #9BACBC #AC9BBC

monochromatic

#848459 #A3A376 #BCBC9B #D5D5C0 #EDEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCBC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC9B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC9B	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)

#C2B999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.045 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b8',
    500: '#bcbc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc9b;
$custom-light: #d0d0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78651,
    "c": 0.04503,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC9B

secondary

#D4D4DF

accent

#479E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC9B

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

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