#BCBB8F#BCBB8F

#BCBB8F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.059 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB8F
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 143)
HSL	hsl(59, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -6.85, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 23.51, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.017 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.059 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4672, 48.2158, 32.9980)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB8F #8F90BC

analogous

#BCA58F #BCBB8F #A6BC8F

triadic

#BCBB8F #8FBCBB #BB8FBC

tetradic

#BCBB8F #8FBCA5 #8F90BC #BC8FA6

square

#BCBB8F #8FBCA5 #8F90BC #BC8FA6

split-complementary

#BCBB8F #8FA6BC #A58FBC

monochromatic

#83814E #A5A469 #BCBB8F #D3D2B5 #EAE9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB8F

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB8F	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)

#C3B78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.059 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfb0',
    500: '#bcbb8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb8f;
$custom-light: #d0cfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 25.14,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78172,
    "c": 0.05943,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB8F

secondary

#CCCCDB

accent

#44A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB8F

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

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