#BCBD99#BCBD99

#BCBD99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.049 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD99
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -6.43, 18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 19.24, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0158 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.049 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6860, 49.3869, 37.3094)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD99 #9A99BD

analogous

#BDAC99 #BCBD99 #AABD99

triadic

#BCBD99 #99BCBD #BD99BC

tetradic

#BCBD99 #99BDAC #9A99BD #BD99AA

square

#BCBD99 #99BDAC #9A99BD #BD99AA

split-complementary

#BCBD99 #99AABD #AC99BD

monochromatic

#848556 #A4A574 #BCBD99 #D4D5BE #EDEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BCBD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD99

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD99	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.049 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b7',
    500: '#bcbd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd99;
$custom-light: #d0d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78815,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD99

secondary

#D4D3DF

accent

#46A048

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD99

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

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