#BCBC9E#BCBC9E

#BCBC9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.041 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC9E
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -5.14, 15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 16.06, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0122 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.041 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8933, 49.1268, 39.4585)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC9E #9E9EBC

analogous

#BCAD9E #BCBC9E #ADBC9E

triadic

#BCBC9E #9EBCBC #BC9EBC

tetradic

#BCBC9E #9EBCAD #9E9EBC #BC9EAD

square

#BCBC9E #9EBCAD #9E9EBC #BC9EAD

split-complementary

#BCBC9E #9EADBC #AD9EBC

monochromatic

#84845B #A3A37A #BCBC9E #D5D5C2 #EEEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCBC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC9E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC9E	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.041 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ba',
    500: '#bcbc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc9e;
$custom-light: #d0d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78722,
    "c": 0.04104,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC9E

secondary

#D6D6E0

accent

#499D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC9E

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

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