#BCBE97#BCBE97

#BCBE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.053 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE97
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(63, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -7.26, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 20.83, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0181 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.053 110)
XYZ	xyz(44.7381, 49.7531, 36.5186)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE97 #9997BE

analogous

#BEAD97 #BCBE97 #A9BE97

triadic

#BCBE97 #97BCBE #BE97BC

tetradic

#BCBE97 #97BEAD #9997BE #BE97A9

square

#BCBE97 #97BEAD #9997BE #BE97A9

split-complementary

#BCBE97 #97A9BE #AD97BE

monochromatic

#848754 #A4A671 #BCBE97 #D4D6BD #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCBE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE97

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE97	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.053 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1b5',
    500: '#bcbe97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe97;
$custom-light: #d0d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.05298,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE97

secondary

#D3D2DF

accent

#44A249

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE97

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

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