#BCBB7E#BCBB7E

#BCBB7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.081 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB7E
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -9.11, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 32.40, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.024 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.081 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2756, 47.7391, 26.7222)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB7E #7E7FBC

analogous

#BC9C7E #BCBB7E #9EBC7E

triadic

#BCBB7E #7EBCBB #BB7EBC

tetradic

#BCBB7E #7EBC9C #7E7FBC #BC7E9E

square

#BCBB7E #7EBC9C #7E7FBC #BC7E9E

split-complementary

#BCBB7E #7E9EBC #9C7EBC

monochromatic

#7E7D41 #A6A556 #BCBB7E #D1D0A6 #E6E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBB7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCBB7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB7E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB7E	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.081 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa4',
    500: '#bcbb7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb7e;
$custom-light: #d1cfa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 31.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77835,
    "c": 0.0807,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB7E

secondary

#BFC0D6

accent

#3DAA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB7E

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

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