#BCBC8A#BCBC8A

#BCBC8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.067 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC8A
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -8.07, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 26.64, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0206 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.067 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3097, 48.4934, 31.1185)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC8A #8A8ABC

analogous

#BCA38A #BCBC8A #A3BC8A

triadic

#BCBC8A #8ABCBC #BC8ABC

tetradic

#BCBC8A #8ABCA3 #8A8ABC #BC8AA3

square

#BCBC8A #8ABCA3 #8A8ABC #BC8AA3

split-complementary

#BCBC8A #8AA3BC #A38ABC

monochromatic

#81814A #A6A663 #BCBC8A #D2D2B1 #E9E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC8A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC8A	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.067 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ac',
    500: '#bcbc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc8a;
$custom-light: #d0d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78279,
    "c": 0.06709,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC8A

secondary

#C8C8DA

accent

#40A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC8A

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

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