#BCBB5E#BCBB5E

#BCBB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB5E
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -12.52, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 48.39, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0365 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.116 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5307, 47.0412, 17.5323)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB5E #5E5FBC

analogous

#BC8C5E #BCBB5E #8EBC5E

triadic

#BCBB5E #5EBCBB #BB5EBC

tetradic

#BCBB5E #5EBC8C #5E5FBC #BC5E8E

square

#BCBB5E #5EBC8C #5E5FBC #BC5E8E

split-complementary

#BCBB5E #5E8EBC #8C5EBC

monochromatic

#71702F #9C9B41 #BCBB5E #CECD89 #E0E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCBB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB5E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB5E	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8e',
    500: '#bcbb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb5e;
$custom-light: #d2cf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.362,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77338,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB5E

secondary

#A7A8CF

accent

#58D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB5E

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

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