#BCBC9F#BCBC9F

#BCBC9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.040 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC9F
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -4.98, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 15.53, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0118 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.04 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9797, 49.1614, 39.9137)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC9F #9F9FBC

analogous

#BCAD9F #BCBC9F #ADBC9F

triadic

#BCBC9F #9FBCBC #BC9FBC

tetradic

#BCBC9F #9FBCAD #9F9FBC #BC9FAD

square

#BCBC9F #9FBCAD #9F9FBC #BC9FAD

split-complementary

#BCBC9F #9FADBC #AD9FBC

monochromatic

#84845C #A3A37B #BCBC9F #D5D5C3 #EEEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCBC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC9F

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC9F	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)

#C1B99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.040 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bb',
    500: '#bcbc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc9f;
$custom-light: #d0d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78746,
    "c": 0.0397,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC9F

secondary

#D7D7E0

accent

#499C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC9F

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

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