#BCBE7E#BCBE7E

#BCBE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.084 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE7E
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 126)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 33.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -10.66, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 33.87, 108.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0285 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.084 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9187, 49.0253, 26.9365)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE7E #807EBE

analogous

#BEA07E #BCBE7E #9CBE7E

triadic

#BCBE7E #7EBCBE #BE7EBC

tetradic

#BCBE7E #7EBEA0 #807EBE #BE7E9C

square

#BCBE7E #7EBEA0 #807EBE #BE7E9C

split-complementary

#BCBE7E #7E9CBE #A07EBE

monochromatic

#7F8141 #A7A955 #BCBE7E #D1D3A7 #E6E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BCBE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE7E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE7E	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.084 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a4',
    500: '#bcbe7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe7e;
$custom-light: #d1d1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 32.99,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78476,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE7E

secondary

#C1C0D8

accent

#3AAC3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE7E

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

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