#BCBB6B#BCBB6B

#BCBB6B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.103 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB6B
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 107)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -11.27, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 42.05, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0316 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.103 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1639, 47.2945, 20.8674)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB6B #6B6CBC

analogous

#BC926B #BCBB6B #94BC6B

triadic

#BCBB6B #6BBCBB #BB6BBC

tetradic

#BCBB6B #6BBC92 #6B6CBC #BC6B94

square

#BCBB6B #6BBC92 #6B6CBC #BC6B94

split-complementary

#BCBB6B #6B94BC #926BBC

monochromatic

#777636 #A1A049 #BCBB6B #CFCE95 #E2E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBB6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBB6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB6B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB6B	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.103 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf97',
    500: '#bcbb6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb6b;
$custom-light: #d1cf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77519,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB6B

secondary

#B1B2D2

accent

#5CCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB6B

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

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