#BCBE98#BCBE98

#BCBE98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.052 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE98
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 152)
HSL	hsl(63, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 20%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -7.11, 19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 20.30, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0177 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.052 110)
XYZ	xyz(44.8196, 49.7857, 36.9482)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE98 #9A98BE

analogous

#BEAD98 #BCBE98 #A9BE98

triadic

#BCBE98 #98BCBE #BE98BC

tetradic

#BCBE98 #98BEAD #9A98BE #BE98A9

square

#BCBE98 #98BEAD #9A98BE #BE98A9

split-complementary

#BCBE98 #98A9BE #AD98BE

monochromatic

#848755 #A4A672 #BCBE98 #D4D6BE #EDEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCBE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE98

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE98	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.052 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1b6',
    500: '#bcbe98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe98;
$custom-light: #d0d1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 22.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79003,
    "c": 0.05167,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE98

secondary

#D4D3DF

accent

#44A149

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE98

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

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