#BCBF99#BCBF99

#BCBF99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.052 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF99
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(65, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(65, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -7.48, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 20.30, 111.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0187 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.052 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1192, 50.2533, 37.4538)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF99 #9C99BF

analogous

#BFAF99 #BCBF99 #A9BF99

triadic

#BCBF99 #99BCBF #BF99BC

tetradic

#BCBF99 #99BFAF #9C99BF #BF99A9

square

#BCBF99 #99BFAF #9C99BF #BF99A9

split-complementary

#BCBF99 #99A9BF #AF99BF

monochromatic

#848855 #A3A773 #BCBF99 #D5D7BF #EDEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BCBF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF99

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF99	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.052 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2b7',
    500: '#bcbf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf99;
$custom-light: #d0d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79237,
    "c": 0.05173,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF99

secondary

#6D6A92

accent

#44A14C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF99

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

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