#BCBF9E#BCBF9E

#BCBF9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.045 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF9E
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 158)
HSL	hsl(65, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -6.71, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 17.66, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0167 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.045 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5408, 50.4219, 39.6744)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF9E #A19EBF

analogous

#BFB19E #BCBF9E #ABBF9E

triadic

#BCBF9E #9EBCBF #BF9EBC

tetradic

#BCBF9E #9EBFB1 #A19EBF #BF9EAB

square

#BCBF9E #9EBFB1 #A19EBF #BF9EAB

split-complementary

#BCBF9E #9EABBF #B19EBF

monochromatic

#84895A #A3A779 #BCBF9E #D5D7C3 #EFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCBF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF9E

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF9E	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#C4BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.045 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ba',
    500: '#bcbf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf9e;
$custom-light: #d0d2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79352,
    "c": 0.04514,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF9E

secondary

#726E93

accent

#479F4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF9E

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

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