#BCBB7A#BCBB7A

#BCBB7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.086 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB7A
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 122)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 35.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -9.59, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 34.46, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0257 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.086 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0226, 47.6380, 25.3899)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB7A #7A7BBC

analogous

#BC9A7A #BCBB7A #9CBC7A

triadic

#BCBB7A #7ABCBB #BB7ABC

tetradic

#BCBB7A #7ABC9A #7A7BBC #BC7A9C

square

#BCBB7A #7ABC9A #7A7BBC #BC7A9C

split-complementary

#BCBB7A #7A9CBC #9A7ABC

monochromatic

#7D7C3F #A5A453 #BCBB7A #D1D0A3 #E5E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBB7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBB7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB7A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB7A	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.086 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa1',
    500: '#bcbb7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb7a;
$custom-light: #d1cfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 33,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77763,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB7A

secondary

#BCBDD5

accent

#3BAC3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB7A

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

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