#BCBB8B#BCBB8B

#BCBB8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.065 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB8B
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -7.41, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 25.62, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0187 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.065 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1696, 48.0967, 31.4305)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB8B #8B8CBC

analogous

#BCA38B #BCBB8B #A5BC8B

triadic

#BCBB8B #8BBCBB #BB8BBC

tetradic

#BCBB8B #8BBCA3 #8B8CBC #BC8BA5

square

#BCBB8B #8BBCA3 #8B8CBC #BC8BA5

split-complementary

#BCBB8B #8BA5BC #A38BBC

monochromatic

#82814B #A6A464 #BCBB8B #D2D2B2 #E9E8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB8B

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB8B	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.065 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfad',
    500: '#bcbb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb8b;
$custom-light: #d0cfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78088,
    "c": 0.06455,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB8B

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#42A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB8B

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

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