#BCBC8F#BCBC8F

#BCBC8F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.061 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC8F
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 143)
HSL	hsl(60, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -7.37, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 24.01, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0185 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.061 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6801, 48.6416, 33.0690)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC8F #8F8FBC

analogous

#BCA68F #BCBC8F #A6BC8F

triadic

#BCBC8F #8FBCBC #BC8FBC

tetradic

#BCBC8F #8FBCA6 #8F8FBC #BC8FA6

square

#BCBC8F #8FBCA6 #8F8FBC #BC8FA6

split-complementary

#BCBC8F #8FA6BC #A68FBC

monochromatic

#83834E #A5A569 #BCBC8F #D3D3B5 #EAEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC8F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC8F	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.061 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b0',
    500: '#bcbc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc8f;
$custom-light: #d0d0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25.14,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78383,
    "c": 0.06071,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC8F

secondary

#CCCCDB

accent

#42A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC8F

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

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