#BCBE8B#BCBE8B

#BCBE8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.068 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE8B
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(62, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 26.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -8.97, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 27.13, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0231 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.068 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8127, 49.3829, 31.6449)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE8B #8D8BBE

analogous

#BEA78B #BCBE8B #A3BE8B

triadic

#BCBE8B #8BBCBE #BE8BBC

tetradic

#BCBE8B #8BBEA7 #8D8BBE #BE8BA3

square

#BCBE8B #8BBEA7 #8D8BBE #BE8BA3

split-complementary

#BCBE8B #8BA3BE #A78BBE

monochromatic

#82844A #A5A864 #BCBE8B #D3D4B2 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BCBE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE8B

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE8B	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.068 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ad',
    500: '#bcbe8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe8b;
$custom-light: #d0d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.06841,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE8B

secondary

#CACADB

accent

#3FA743

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE8B

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

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