#BCBB89#BCBB89

#BCBB89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.067 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB89
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -7.68, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 26.67, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0195 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.067 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0248, 48.0388, 30.6680)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB89 #898ABC

analogous

#BCA189 #BCBB89 #A3BC89

triadic

#BCBB89 #89BCBB #BB89BC

tetradic

#BCBB89 #89BCA1 #898ABC #BC89A3

square

#BCBB89 #89BCA1 #898ABC #BC89A3

split-complementary

#BCBB89 #89A3BC #A189BC

monochromatic

#818049 #A6A562 #BCBB89 #D2D1B0 #E8E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB89

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB89	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.067 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfab',
    500: '#bcbb89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb89;
$custom-light: #d0cfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.06709,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB89

secondary

#C7C8D9

accent

#41A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB89

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

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