#BCBC8B#BCBC8B

#BCBC8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.066 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC8B
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -7.93, 24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 26.12, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0201 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.066 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3825, 48.5225, 31.5015)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC8B #8B8BBC

analogous

#BCA48B #BCBC8B #A4BC8B

triadic

#BCBC8B #8BBCBC #BC8BBC

tetradic

#BCBC8B #8BBCA4 #8B8BBC #BC8BA4

square

#BCBC8B #8BBCA4 #8B8BBC #BC8BA4

split-complementary

#BCBC8B #8BA4BC #A48BBC

monochromatic

#82824B #A6A664 #BCBC8B #D2D2B2 #E9E9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC8B

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC8B	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)

#C4B888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.066 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ad',
    500: '#bcbc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc8b;
$custom-light: #d0d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.783,
    "c": 0.06582,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC8B

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#40A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC8B

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

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