#BCBF9B#BCBF9B

#BCBF9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.049 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF9B
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 155)
HSL	hsl(65, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -7.17, 17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 19.25, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0179 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.049 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2858, 50.3199, 38.3310)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF9B #9E9BBF

analogous

#BFB09B #BCBF9B #AABF9B

triadic

#BCBF9B #9BBCBF #BF9BBC

tetradic

#BCBF9B #9BBFB0 #9E9BBF #BF9BAA

square

#BCBF9B #9BBFB0 #9E9BBF #BF9BAA

split-complementary

#BCBF9B #9BAABF #B09BBF

monochromatic

#848857 #A3A776 #BCBF9B #D5D7C0 #EEEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BCBF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF9B

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF9B	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.049 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2b8',
    500: '#bcbf9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf9b;
$custom-light: #d0d2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79282,
    "c": 0.0491,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF9B

secondary

#6F6C93

accent

#45A04D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF9B

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

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