#BCBF86#BCBF86

#BCBF86 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.076 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF86
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 134)
HSL	hsl(63, 31%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 29.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -10.16, 28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 30.25, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0267 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.076 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6730, 49.6748, 29.8371)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF86 #8986BF

analogous

#BFA586 #BCBF86 #9FBF86

triadic

#BCBF86 #86BCBF #BF86BC

tetradic

#BCBF86 #86BFA5 #8986BF #BF869F

square

#BCBF86 #86BFA5 #8986BF #BF869F

split-complementary

#BCBF86 #869FBF #A586BF

monochromatic

#818546 #A6AA5E #BCBF86 #D2D4AE #E8E9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBF86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCBF86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF86

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF86	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)

#C8BA82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.076 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2a9',
    500: '#bcbf86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf86;
$custom-light: #d1d2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 30.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78839,
    "c": 0.07598,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF86

secondary

#C7C6DA

accent

#3CAA42

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF86

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

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