#BCBB7B#BCBB7B

#BCBB7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.084 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB7B
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 34.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -9.47, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 33.95, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0253 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.084 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0849, 47.6629, 25.7179)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB7B #7B7CBC

analogous

#BC9A7B #BCBB7B #9CBC7B

triadic

#BCBB7B #7BBCBB #BB7BBC

tetradic

#BCBB7B #7BBC9A #7B7CBC #BC7B9C

square

#BCBB7B #7BBC9A #7B7CBC #BC7B9C

split-complementary

#BCBB7B #7B9CBC #9A7BBC

monochromatic

#7D7C3F #A6A454 #BCBB7B #D1D0A4 #E5E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBB7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCBB7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB7B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB7B	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)

#C5B676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.084 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa2',
    500: '#bcbb7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb7b;
$custom-light: #d1cfa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 32.663,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77781,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB7B

secondary

#BDBED6

accent

#3CAB3A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB7B

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

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