#BCBB88#BCBB88

#BCBB88 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.068 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB88
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 136)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -7.82, 26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 27.19, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0199 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.068 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9534, 48.0103, 30.2919)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB88 #8889BC

analogous

#BCA188 #BCBB88 #A3BC88

triadic

#BCBB88 #88BCBB #BB88BC

tetradic

#BCBB88 #88BCA1 #8889BC #BC88A3

square

#BCBB88 #88BCA1 #8889BC #BC88A3

split-complementary

#BCBB88 #88A3BC #A188BC

monochromatic

#818049 #A6A561 #BCBB88 #D2D1AF #E8E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBB88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB88

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB88	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)

#C4B785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.068 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfab',
    500: '#bcbb88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb88;
$custom-light: #d0cfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78027,
    "c": 0.06834,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB88

secondary

#C7C7D9

accent

#41A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB88

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

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