#BCBE88#BCBE88

#BCBE88 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.072 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE88
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 136)
HSL	hsl(62, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 28.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -9.38, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 28.70, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0244 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.072 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5965, 49.2964, 30.5063)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE88 #8A88BE

analogous

#BEA588 #BCBE88 #A1BE88

triadic

#BCBE88 #88BCBE #BE88BC

tetradic

#BCBE88 #88BEA5 #8A88BE #BE88A1

square

#BCBE88 #88BEA5 #8A88BE #BE88A1

split-complementary

#BCBE88 #88A1BE #A588BE

monochromatic

#818448 #A6A860 #BCBE88 #D2D4B0 #E9E9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBE88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCBE88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE88

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE88	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.072 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ab',
    500: '#bcbe88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe88;
$custom-light: #d0d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 29.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78664,
    "c": 0.07219,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE88

secondary

#C8C7DA

accent

#3DA841

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE88

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

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