#BCBE8A#BCBE8A

#BCBE8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.070 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE8A
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -9.11, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 27.65, 109.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0235 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.07 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7400, 49.3538, 31.2619)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE8A #8C8ABE

analogous

#BEA68A #BCBE8A #A2BE8A

triadic

#BCBE8A #8ABCBE #BE8ABC

tetradic

#BCBE8A #8ABEA6 #8C8ABE #BE8AA2

square

#BCBE8A #8ABEA6 #8C8ABE #BE8AA2

split-complementary

#BCBE8A #8AA2BE #A68ABE

monochromatic

#828449 #A5A863 #BCBE8A #D3D4B1 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCBE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE8A

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE8A	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.070 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ac',
    500: '#bcbe8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe8a;
$custom-light: #d0d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78704,
    "c": 0.06968,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE8A

secondary

#CAC9DB

accent

#3EA742

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE8A

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

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