#BCBE8D#BCBE8D

#BCBE8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.066 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE8D
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(62, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -8.70, 24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 26.09, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0223 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.066 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9602, 49.4419, 32.4216)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE8D #8F8DBE

analogous

#BEA88D #BCBE8D #A4BE8D

triadic

#BCBE8D #8DBCBE #BE8DBC

tetradic

#BCBE8D #8DBEA8 #8F8DBE #BE8DA4

square

#BCBE8D #8DBEA8 #8F8DBE #BE8DA4

split-complementary

#BCBE8D #8DA4BE #A88DBE

monochromatic

#83854C #A5A866 #BCBE8D #D3D4B4 #EAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BCBE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE8D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE8D	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.066 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ae',
    500: '#bcbe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe8d;
$custom-light: #d0d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78765,
    "c": 0.06588,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE8D

secondary

#CCCBDC

accent

#40A644

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE8D

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

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