#BCBC8E#BCBC8E

#BCBC8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.062 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC8E
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(60, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -7.51, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 24.54, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0189 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.062 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6047, 48.6114, 32.6718)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC8E #8E8EBC

analogous

#BCA58E #BCBC8E #A5BC8E

triadic

#BCBC8E #8EBCBC #BC8EBC

tetradic

#BCBC8E #8EBCA5 #8E8EBC #BC8EA5

square

#BCBC8E #8EBCA5 #8E8EBC #BC8EA5

split-complementary

#BCBC8E #8EA5BC #A58EBC

monochromatic

#82824D #A5A568 #BCBC8E #D3D3B4 #EAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCBC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC8E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC8E	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)

#C4B88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.062 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0af',
    500: '#bcbc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc8e;
$custom-light: #d0d0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78362,
    "c": 0.06199,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC8E

secondary

#CBCBDB

accent

#41A441

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC8E

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

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