#BCBE9E#BCBE9E

#BCBE9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.044 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE9E
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 158)
HSL	hsl(64, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -6.19, 15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 17.12, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0152 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.044 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3235, 49.9872, 39.6020)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE9E #A09EBE

analogous

#BEB09E #BCBE9E #ACBE9E

triadic

#BCBE9E #9EBCBE #BE9EBC

tetradic

#BCBE9E #9EBEB0 #A09EBE #BE9EAC

square

#BCBE9E #9EBEB0 #A09EBE #BE9EAC

split-complementary

#BCBE9E #9EACBE #B09EBE

monochromatic

#84875B #A3A579 #BCBE9E #D5D7C3 #EFEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BCBE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE9E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE9E	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.044 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ba',
    500: '#bcbe9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe9e;
$custom-light: #d0d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79142,
    "c": 0.04374,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE9E

secondary

#D8D7E1

accent

#479E4D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE9E

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

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