#BCBE99#BCBE99

#BCBE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.050 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE99
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(63, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -6.96, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 19.77, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0173 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.05 110)
XYZ	xyz(44.9019, 49.8186, 37.3813)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE99 #9B99BE

analogous

#BEAE99 #BCBE99 #AABE99

triadic

#BCBE99 #99BCBE #BE99BC

tetradic

#BCBE99 #99BEAE #9B99BE #BE99AA

square

#BCBE99 #99BEAE #9B99BE #BE99AA

split-complementary

#BCBE99 #99AABE #AE99BE

monochromatic

#848756 #A3A674 #BCBE99 #D5D6BE #EDEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCBE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE99

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE99	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)

#C4BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.050 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1b7',
    500: '#bcbe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe99;
$custom-light: #d0d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79026,
    "c": 0.05036,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE99

secondary

#D4D4DF

accent

#45A14A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE99

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

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