#BCBF9F#BCBF9F

#BCBF9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.044 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF9F
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 159)
HSL	hsl(66, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -6.55, 15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 17.13, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0162 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.044 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6273, 50.4565, 40.1296)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF9F #A29FBF

analogous

#BFB29F #BCBF9F #ACBF9F

triadic

#BCBF9F #9FBCBF #BF9FBC

tetradic

#BCBF9F #9FBFB2 #A29FBF #BF9FAC

square

#BCBF9F #9FBFB2 #A29FBF #BF9FAC

split-complementary

#BCBF9F #9FACBF #B29FBF

monochromatic

#84895B #A2A77A #BCBF9F #D6D7C4 #EFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BCBF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF9F

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF9F	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.044 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2bb',
    500: '#bcbf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf9f;
$custom-light: #d0d2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79376,
    "c": 0.04382,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF9F

secondary

#736F93

accent

#479E4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF9F

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

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