#BCBB8A#BCBB8A

#BCBB8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.066 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB8A
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -7.55, 25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 26.14, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0191 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.066 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0969, 48.0676, 31.0475)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB8A #8A8BBC

analogous

#BCA28A #BCBB8A #A4BC8A

triadic

#BCBB8A #8ABCBB #BB8ABC

tetradic

#BCBB8A #8ABCA2 #8A8BBC #BC8AA4

square

#BCBB8A #8ABCA2 #8A8BBC #BC8AA4

split-complementary

#BCBB8A #8AA4BC #A28ABC

monochromatic

#81804A #A6A463 #BCBB8A #D2D2B1 #E9E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB8A

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB8A	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)

#C3B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.066 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfac',
    500: '#bcbb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb8a;
$custom-light: #d0cfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78067,
    "c": 0.06582,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB8A

secondary

#C8C8DA

accent

#42A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB8A

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

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