#BCBF85#BCBF85

#BCBF85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.077 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF85
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 133)
HSL	hsl(63, 31%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 30.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -10.29, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 30.76, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0271 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.077 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6036, 49.6470, 29.4716)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF85 #8885BF

analogous

#BFA585 #BCBF85 #9FBF85

triadic

#BCBF85 #85BCBF #BF85BC

tetradic

#BCBF85 #85BFA5 #8885BF #BF859F

square

#BCBF85 #85BFA5 #8885BF #BF859F

split-complementary

#BCBF85 #859FBF #A585BF

monochromatic

#818445 #A6AA5D #BCBF85 #D2D4AD #E8E9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBF85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCBF85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF85

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF85	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.077 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2a9',
    500: '#bcbf85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf85;
$custom-light: #d1d2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 31.183,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78819,
    "c": 0.07722,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF85

secondary

#C7C6DA

accent

#3CAA41

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF85

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

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