#BCBE83#BCBE83

#BCBE83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.078 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE83
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 131)
HSL	hsl(62, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 31.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -10.03, 29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 31.29, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0264 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.078 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2494, 49.1576, 28.6783)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE83 #8583BE

analogous

#BEA283 #BCBE83 #9EBE83

triadic

#BCBE83 #83BCBE #BE83BC

tetradic

#BCBE83 #83BEA2 #8583BE #BE839E

square

#BCBE83 #83BEA2 #8583BE #BE839E

split-complementary

#BCBE83 #839EBE #A283BE

monochromatic

#808244 #A6A95B #BCBE83 #D2D3AB #E7E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBE83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCBE83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE83

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE83	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.078 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a7',
    500: '#bcbe83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe83;
$custom-light: #d1d1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 31.217,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78568,
    "c": 0.07838,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE83

secondary

#C4C4D9

accent

#3CAA3F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE83

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

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