#BCBB87#BCBB87

#BCBB87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.070 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB87
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -7.95, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 27.71, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0203 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.07 107)
XYZ	xyz(42.8827, 47.9820, 29.9194)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB87 #8788BC

analogous

#BCA087 #BCBB87 #A2BC87

triadic

#BCBB87 #87BCBB #BB87BC

tetradic

#BCBB87 #87BCA0 #8788BC #BC87A2

square

#BCBB87 #87BCA0 #8788BC #BC87A2

split-complementary

#BCBB87 #87A2BC #A087BC

monochromatic

#818048 #A6A560 #BCBB87 #D2D1AE #E8E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBB87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB87

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB87	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.070 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfaa',
    500: '#bcbb87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb87;
$custom-light: #d0cfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78007,
    "c": 0.06961,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.47981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB87

secondary

#C6C6D9

accent

#41A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB87

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

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