#BCBB8E#BCBB8E

#BCBB8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.061 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB8E
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -6.99, 23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 24.04, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0174 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.061 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3918, 48.1856, 32.6008)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB8E #8E8FBC

analogous

#BCA48E #BCBB8E #A6BC8E

triadic

#BCBB8E #8EBCBB #BB8EBC

tetradic

#BCBB8E #8EBCA4 #8E8FBC #BC8EA6

square

#BCBB8E #8EBCA4 #8E8FBC #BC8EA6

split-complementary

#BCBB8E #8EA6BC #A48EBC

monochromatic

#82814D #A5A468 #BCBB8E #D3D2B4 #EAE9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB8E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB8E	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.061 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfaf',
    500: '#bcbb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb8e;
$custom-light: #d0cfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78151,
    "c": 0.06072,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB8E

secondary

#CBCBDB

accent

#44A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB8E

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

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