#BCBB85#BCBB85

#BCBB85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.072 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB85
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -8.21, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 28.76, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0212 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.072 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7432, 47.9262, 29.1848)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB85 #8586BC

analogous

#BC9F85 #BCBB85 #A1BC85

triadic

#BCBB85 #85BCBB #BB85BC

tetradic

#BCBB85 #85BC9F #8586BC #BC85A1

square

#BCBB85 #85BC9F #8586BC #BC85A1

split-complementary

#BCBB85 #85A1BC #9F85BC

monochromatic

#807F46 #A6A55D #BCBB85 #D2D1AD #E7E7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBB85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB85

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB85	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.072 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa9',
    500: '#bcbb85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb85;
$custom-light: #d1cfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77967,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB85

secondary

#C4C5D8

accent

#40A83E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB85

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

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