#BCBC8D#BCBC8D

#BCBC8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.063 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC8D
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -7.65, 23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 25.07, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0193 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.063 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5299, 48.5815, 32.2782)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC8D #8D8DBC

analogous

#BCA58D #BCBC8D #A5BC8D

triadic

#BCBC8D #8DBCBC #BC8DBC

tetradic

#BCBC8D #8DBCA5 #8D8DBC #BC8DA5

square

#BCBC8D #8DBCA5 #8D8DBC #BC8DA5

split-complementary

#BCBC8D #8DA5BC #A58DBC

monochromatic

#82824C #A5A566 #BCBC8D #D3D3B4 #E9E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCBC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC8D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC8D	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B88A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.063 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ae',
    500: '#bcbc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc8d;
$custom-light: #d0d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78341,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC8D

secondary

#CACADB

accent

#41A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC8D

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

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