#BCBC9D#BCBC9D

#BCBC9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.042 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC9D
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -5.29, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 16.60, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0126 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.042 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8076, 49.0925, 39.0071)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC9D #9D9DBC

analogous

#BCAC9D #BCBC9D #ACBC9D

triadic

#BCBC9D #9DBCBC #BC9DBC

tetradic

#BCBC9D #9DBCAC #9D9DBC #BC9DAC

square

#BCBC9D #9DBCAC #9D9DBC #BC9DAC

split-complementary

#BCBC9D #9DACBC #AC9DBC

monochromatic

#84845A #A3A379 #BCBC9D #D5D5C1 #EEEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCBC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC9D

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC9D	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.042 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ba',
    500: '#bcbc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc9d;
$custom-light: #d0d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78698,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC9D

secondary

#D6D6DF

accent

#489D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC9D

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

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