#BCBE7B#BCBE7B

#BCBE7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.088 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE7B
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 123)
HSL	hsl(62, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 35%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 35.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -11.02, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 35.41, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0297 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.088 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7280, 48.9490, 25.9323)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE7B #7D7BBE

analogous

#BE9F7B #BCBE7B #9BBE7B

triadic

#BCBE7B #7BBCBE #BE7BBC

tetradic

#BCBE7B #7BBE9F #7D7BBE #BE7B9B

square

#BCBE7B #7BBE9F #7D7BBE #BE7B9B

split-complementary

#BCBE7B #7B9BBE #9F7BBE

monochromatic

#7E803F #A6A953 #BCBE7B #D1D2A4 #E6E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCBE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE7B

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE7B	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.088 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a2',
    500: '#bcbe7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe7b;
$custom-light: #d1d1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 34.01,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78422,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE7B

secondary

#BFBED7

accent

#39AD3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE7B

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

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