#BCBD96#BCBD96

#BCBD96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.053 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD96
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -6.88, 19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 20.83, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.017 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.053 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4414, 49.2890, 36.0208)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD96 #9796BD

analogous

#BDAB96 #BCBD96 #A9BD96

triadic

#BCBD96 #96BCBD #BD96BC

tetradic

#BCBD96 #96BDAB #9796BD #BD96A9

square

#BCBD96 #96BDAB #9796BD #BD96A9

split-complementary

#BCBD96 #96A9BD #AB96BD

monochromatic

#848554 #A4A570 #BCBD96 #D4D5BC #ECECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCBD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD96

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD96	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.053 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b5',
    500: '#bcbd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd96;
$custom-light: #d0d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.05295,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD96

secondary

#D1D1DE

accent

#44A147

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD96

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

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