#BCBE9D#BCBE9D

#BCBE9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.045 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE9D
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 157)
HSL	hsl(64, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -6.34, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 17.65, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0156 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.045 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2378, 49.9530, 39.1505)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE9D #9F9DBE

analogous

#BEAF9D #BCBE9D #ABBE9D

triadic

#BCBE9D #9DBCBE #BE9DBC

tetradic

#BCBE9D #9DBEAF #9F9DBE #BE9DAB

square

#BCBE9D #9DBEAF #9F9DBE #BE9DAB

split-complementary

#BCBE9D #9DABBE #AF9DBE

monochromatic

#84875A #A3A678 #BCBE9D #D5D6C2 #EEEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BCBE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE9D

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE9D	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.045 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ba',
    500: '#bcbe9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe9d;
$custom-light: #d0d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79118,
    "c": 0.04507,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE9D

secondary

#D7D6E0

accent

#479F4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE9D

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

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