#BCBB7D#BCBB7D

#BCBB7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.082 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB7D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -9.23, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 32.92, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0245 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.082 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2114, 47.7135, 26.3840)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB7D #7D7EBC

analogous

#BC9C7D #BCBB7D #9EBC7D

triadic

#BCBB7D #7DBCBB #BB7DBC

tetradic

#BCBB7D #7DBC9C #7D7EBC #BC7D9E

square

#BCBB7D #7DBC9C #7D7EBC #BC7D9E

split-complementary

#BCBB7D #7D9EBC #9C7DBC

monochromatic

#7E7D41 #A6A556 #BCBB7D #D1D0A5 #E6E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBB7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BCBB7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB7D

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB7D	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.082 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa3',
    500: '#bcbb7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb7d;
$custom-light: #d1cfa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77817,
    "c": 0.08191,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB7D

secondary

#BFBFD6

accent

#3DAB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB7D

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

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