#BCBE85#BCBE85

#BCBE85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.076 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE85
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 133)
HSL	hsl(62, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 30%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -9.77, 28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 30.26, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0256 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.076 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3863, 49.2124, 29.3991)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE85 #8785BE

analogous

#BEA385 #BCBE85 #9FBE85

triadic

#BCBE85 #85BCBE #BE85BC

tetradic

#BCBE85 #85BEA3 #8785BE #BE859F

square

#BCBE85 #85BEA3 #8785BE #BE859F

split-complementary

#BCBE85 #859FBE #A385BE

monochromatic

#818346 #A6A95D #BCBE85 #D2D3AD #E8E9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCBE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE85

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE85	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.076 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a9',
    500: '#bcbe85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe85;
$custom-light: #d1d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.105,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78606,
    "c": 0.07592,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE85

secondary

#C6C5DA

accent

#3CA940

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE85

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

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