#BCBD9F#BCBD9F

#BCBD9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.041 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD9F
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(62, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -5.51, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 16.06, 110.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0133 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.041 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1941, 49.5901, 39.9852)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD9F #A09FBD

analogous

#BDAF9F #BCBD9F #ADBD9F

triadic

#BCBD9F #9FBCBD #BD9FBC

tetradic

#BCBD9F #9FBDAF #A09FBD #BD9FAD

square

#BCBD9F #9FBDAF #A09FBD #BD9FAD

split-complementary

#BCBD9F #9FADBD #AF9FBD

monochromatic

#84865C #A3A47B #BCBD9F #D5D6C3 #EFEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BCBD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD9F

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD9F	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.041 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bb',
    500: '#bcbd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd9f;
$custom-light: #d0d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78956,
    "c": 0.04105,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD9F

secondary

#D8D7E0

accent

#499D4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD9F

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

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