#BCBE89#BCBE89

#BCBE89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.071 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE89
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 27.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -9.24, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 28.18, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0239 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.071 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6679, 49.3250, 30.8823)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE89 #8B89BE

analogous

#BEA689 #BCBE89 #A2BE89

triadic

#BCBE89 #89BCBE #BE89BC

tetradic

#BCBE89 #89BEA6 #8B89BE #BE89A2

square

#BCBE89 #89BEA6 #8B89BE #BE89A2

split-complementary

#BCBE89 #89A2BE #A689BE

monochromatic

#828449 #A6A862 #BCBE89 #D2D4B0 #E9E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCBE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE89

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE89	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)

#C6B985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.071 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ab',
    500: '#bcbe89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe89;
$custom-light: #d0d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78684,
    "c": 0.07094,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE89

secondary

#C9C8DB

accent

#3EA842

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE89

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

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