#BCBF87#BCBF87

#BCBF87 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.075 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF87
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 135)
HSL	hsl(63, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 29.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -10.03, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 29.73, 109.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0263 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.075 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7431, 49.7028, 30.2062)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF87 #8A87BF

analogous

#BFA687 #BCBF87 #A0BF87

triadic

#BCBF87 #87BCBF #BF87BC

tetradic

#BCBF87 #87BFA6 #8A87BF #BF87A0

square

#BCBF87 #87BFA6 #8A87BF #BF87A0

split-complementary

#BCBF87 #87A0BF #A687BF

monochromatic

#818547 #A6AA5F #BCBF87 #D2D4AF #E9EAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBF87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCBF87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF87

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF87	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.075 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2aa',
    500: '#bcbf87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf87;
$custom-light: #d1d2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78858,
    "c": 0.07474,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF87

secondary

#C8C7DB

accent

#3CA942

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF87

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

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