#BCBB86#BCBB86

#BCBB86 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.071 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB86
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 134)
HSL	hsl(59, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -8.08, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 28.24, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0207 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.071 107)
XYZ	xyz(42.8126, 47.9539, 29.5503)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB86 #8687BC

analogous

#BCA086 #BCBB86 #A2BC86

triadic

#BCBB86 #86BCBB #BB86BC

tetradic

#BCBB86 #86BCA0 #8687BC #BC86A2

square

#BCBB86 #86BCA0 #8687BC #BC86A2

split-complementary

#BCBB86 #86A2BC #A086BC

monochromatic

#807F47 #A6A55F #BCBB86 #D2D1AD #E8E7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBB86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB86

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB86	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)

#C4B782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.071 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa9',
    500: '#bcbb86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb86;
$custom-light: #d1cfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77987,
    "c": 0.07086,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.47953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB86

secondary

#C5C6D9

accent

#40A73E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB86

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

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