#BCBF9C#BCBF9C

#BCBF9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.048 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF9C
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 156)
HSL	hsl(65, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -7.02, 17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 18.72, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0175 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.048 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3701, 50.3536, 38.7751)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF9C #9F9CBF

analogous

#BFB09C #BCBF9C #AABF9C

triadic

#BCBF9C #9CBCBF #BF9CBC

tetradic

#BCBF9C #9CBFB0 #9F9CBF #BF9CAA

square

#BCBF9C #9CBFB0 #9F9CBF #BF9CAA

split-complementary

#BCBF9C #9CAABF #B09CBF

monochromatic

#848858 #A3A777 #BCBF9C #D5D7C1 #EEEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BCBF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF9C

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF9C	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.048 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2b9',
    500: '#bcbf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf9c;
$custom-light: #d0d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79306,
    "c": 0.04779,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF9C

secondary

#706C93

accent

#46A04D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF9C

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

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