#BCBD87#BCBD87

#BCBD87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.072 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD87
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 135)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -8.99, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 28.71, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0233 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.072 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3099, 48.8365, 30.0618)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD87 #8887BD

analogous

#BDA387 #BCBD87 #A1BD87

triadic

#BCBD87 #87BCBD #BD87BC

tetradic

#BCBD87 #87BDA3 #8887BD #BD87A1

square

#BCBD87 #87BDA3 #8887BD #BD87A1

split-complementary

#BCBD87 #87A1BD #A387BD

monochromatic

#818248 #A6A760 #BCBD87 #D2D3AE #E8E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCBD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD87

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD87	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.072 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0aa',
    500: '#bcbd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd87;
$custom-light: #d1d0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78432,
    "c": 0.07215,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD87

secondary

#C7C6D9

accent

#3EA840

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD87

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

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