#BCBB81#BCBB81

#BCBB81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.077 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB81
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -8.73, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 30.84, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0228 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.077 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4721, 47.8177, 27.7570)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB81 #8182BC

analogous

#BC9E81 #BCBB81 #A0BC81

triadic

#BCBB81 #81BCBB #BB81BC

tetradic

#BCBB81 #81BC9E #8182BC #BC81A0

square

#BCBB81 #81BC9E #8182BC #BC81A0

split-complementary

#BCBB81 #81A0BC #9E81BC

monochromatic

#7F7E44 #A7A559 #BCBB81 #D1D1A9 #E6E6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBB81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCBB81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB81

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB81	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.077 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa6',
    500: '#bcbb81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb81;
$custom-light: #d1cfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77891,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB81

secondary

#C2C2D7

accent

#3EA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB81

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

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