#BCBB8D#BCBB8D

#BCBB8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.062 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB8D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -7.13, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 24.56, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0178 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.062 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3171, 48.1557, 32.2072)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB8D #8D8EBC

analogous

#BCA48D #BCBB8D #A6BC8D

triadic

#BCBB8D #8DBCBB #BB8DBC

tetradic

#BCBB8D #8DBCA4 #8D8EBC #BC8DA6

square

#BCBB8D #8DBCA4 #8D8EBC #BC8DA6

split-complementary

#BCBB8D #8DA6BC #A48DBC

monochromatic

#82814C #A5A466 #BCBB8D #D3D2B4 #E9E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB8D

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB8D	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.062 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfae',
    500: '#bcbb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb8d;
$custom-light: #d0cfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7813,
    "c": 0.062,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB8D

secondary

#CACBDB

accent

#43A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB8D

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

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