#BCBE87#BCBE87

#BCBE87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.073 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE87
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 135)
HSL	hsl(62, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 28.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -9.51, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 29.22, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0248 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.073 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5258, 49.2681, 30.1338)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE87 #8987BE

analogous

#BEA487 #BCBE87 #A0BE87

triadic

#BCBE87 #87BCBE #BE87BC

tetradic

#BCBE87 #87BEA4 #8987BE #BE87A0

square

#BCBE87 #87BEA4 #8987BE #BE87A0

split-complementary

#BCBE87 #87A0BE #A487BE

monochromatic

#818347 #A6A85F #BCBE87 #D2D4AF #E8E9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BCBE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE87

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE87	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.073 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1aa',
    500: '#bcbe87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe87;
$custom-light: #d1d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.07344,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE87

secondary

#C7C7DA

accent

#3DA841

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE87

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

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