#BCBF9D#BCBF9D

#BCBF9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.046 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF9D
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 157)
HSL	hsl(65, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -6.87, 16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 18.19, 112.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0171 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.046 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4551, 50.3876, 39.2229)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF9D #A09DBF

analogous

#BFB19D #BCBF9D #ABBF9D

triadic

#BCBF9D #9DBCBF #BF9DBC

tetradic

#BCBF9D #9DBFB1 #A09DBF #BF9DAB

square

#BCBF9D #9DBFB1 #A09DBF #BF9DAB

split-complementary

#BCBF9D #9DABBF #B19DBF

monochromatic

#848859 #A3A778 #BCBF9D #D5D7C2 #EFEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF9D

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF9D	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.046 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ba',
    500: '#bcbf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf9d;
$custom-light: #d0d2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79329,
    "c": 0.04647,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF9D

secondary

#716D93

accent

#469F4E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF9D

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

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