#BCBE96#BCBE96

#BCBE96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.054 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE96
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(63, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -7.40, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 21.35, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0185 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.054 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6572, 49.7207, 36.0928)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE96 #9896BE

analogous

#BEAC96 #BCBE96 #A8BE96

triadic

#BCBE96 #96BCBE #BE96BC

tetradic

#BCBE96 #96BEAC #9896BE #BE96A8

square

#BCBE96 #96BEAC #9896BE #BE96A8

split-complementary

#BCBE96 #96A8BE #AC96BE

monochromatic

#848653 #A4A770 #BCBE96 #D4D5BC #ECEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCBE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE96

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE96	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.054 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1b5',
    500: '#bcbe96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe96;
$custom-light: #d0d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78958,
    "c": 0.05429,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE96

secondary

#D2D1DE

accent

#44A248

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE96

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

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