#BCBD97#BCBD97

#BCBD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.052 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD97
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(62, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -6.73, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 20.30, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0166 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.052 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5222, 49.3214, 36.4467)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD97 #9897BD

analogous

#BDAB97 #BCBD97 #A9BD97

triadic

#BCBD97 #97BCBD #BD97BC

tetradic

#BCBD97 #97BDAB #9897BD #BD97A9

square

#BCBD97 #97BDAB #9897BD #BD97A9

split-complementary

#BCBD97 #97A9BD #AB97BD

monochromatic

#848554 #A4A572 #BCBD97 #D4D5BC #ECEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCBD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD97

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD97	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)

#C3BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.052 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b5',
    500: '#bcbd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd97;
$custom-light: #d0d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.05164,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD97

secondary

#D2D2DE

accent

#45A147

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD97

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

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