#BCBE7A#BCBE7A

#BCBE7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.089 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE7A
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 122)
HSL	hsl(62, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 35.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -11.14, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 35.92, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0301 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.089 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6657, 48.9241, 25.6043)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE7A #7C7ABE

analogous

#BE9E7A #BCBE7A #9ABE7A

triadic

#BCBE7A #7ABCBE #BE7ABC

tetradic

#BCBE7A #7ABE9E #7C7ABE #BE7A9A

square

#BCBE7A #7ABE9E #7C7ABE #BE7A9A

split-complementary

#BCBE7A #7A9ABE #9E7ABE

monochromatic

#7D7F3E #A6A852 #BCBE7A #D1D2A3 #E5E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCBE7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE7A

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE7A	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.089 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a1',
    500: '#bcbe7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe7a;
$custom-light: #d1d1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 34.343,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78405,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE7A

secondary

#BEBDD7

accent

#38AD3C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE7A

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

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