#BCBF97#BCBF97

#BCBF97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.054 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF97
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 151)
HSL	hsl(65, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -7.78, 19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 21.36, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0196 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.054 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9554, 50.1877, 36.5911)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF97 #9A97BF

analogous

#BFAE97 #BCBF97 #A8BF97

triadic

#BCBF97 #97BCBF #BF97BC

tetradic

#BCBF97 #97BFAE #9A97BF #BF97A8

square

#BCBF97 #97BFAE #9A97BF #BF97A8

split-complementary

#BCBF97 #97A8BF #AE97BF

monochromatic

#848854 #A4A871 #BCBF97 #D4D6BD #EDEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BCBF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF97

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF97	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.054 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2b5',
    500: '#bcbf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf97;
$custom-light: #d0d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79192,
    "c": 0.05435,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF97

secondary

#6B6892

accent

#43A24A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF97

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

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