#BCBC9C#BCBC9C

#BCBC9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.044 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC9C
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -5.45, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 17.13, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.013 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.044 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7226, 49.0585, 38.5593)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC9C #9C9CBC

analogous

#BCAC9C #BCBC9C #ACBC9C

triadic

#BCBC9C #9CBCBC #BC9CBC

tetradic

#BCBC9C #9CBCAC #9C9CBC #BC9CAC

square

#BCBC9C #9CBCAC #9C9CBC #BC9CAC

split-complementary

#BCBC9C #9CACBC #AC9CBC

monochromatic

#848459 #A3A378 #BCBC9C #D5D5C0 #EDEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BCBC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC9C

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC9C	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.044 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b9',
    500: '#bcbc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc9c;
$custom-light: #d0d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78674,
    "c": 0.0437,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC9C

secondary

#D5D5DF

accent

#489E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC9C

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

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