#BCBE8F#BCBE8F

#BCBE8F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.063 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE8F
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 143)
HSL	hsl(63, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 24.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -8.42, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 25.04, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0214 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.063 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1103, 49.5020, 33.2124)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE8F #918FBE

analogous

#BEA88F #BCBE8F #A4BE8F

triadic

#BCBE8F #8FBCBE #BE8FBC

tetradic

#BCBE8F #8FBEA8 #918FBE #BE8FA4

square

#BCBE8F #8FBEA8 #918FBE #BE8FA4

split-complementary

#BCBE8F #8FA4BE #A88FBE

monochromatic

#83854D #A5A868 #BCBE8F #D3D4B6 #EAEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCBE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE8F

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE8F	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BC91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.063 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1b0',
    500: '#bcbe8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe8f;
$custom-light: #d0d1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 26.554,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78807,
    "c": 0.06333,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE8F

secondary

#CDCCDC

accent

#40A545

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE8F

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

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