#BCBF96#BCBF96

#BCBF96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.056 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF96
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(64, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -7.93, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 21.88, 111.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.02 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.056 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8745, 50.1554, 36.1652)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF96 #9996BF

analogous

#BFAE96 #BCBF96 #A8BF96

triadic

#BCBF96 #96BCBF #BF96BC

tetradic

#BCBF96 #96BFAE #9996BF #BF96A8

square

#BCBF96 #96BFAE #9996BF #BF96A8

split-complementary

#BCBF96 #96A8BF #AE96BF

monochromatic

#848853 #A4A870 #BCBF96 #D4D6BC #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BCBF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF96

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF96	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.056 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2b5',
    500: '#bcbf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf96;
$custom-light: #d0d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7917,
    "c": 0.05565,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF96

secondary

#6B6792

accent

#43A34A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF96

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

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