#BCBF8A#BCBF8A

#BCBF8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.071 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF8A
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -9.63, 26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 28.17, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.025 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.071 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9573, 49.7885, 31.3343)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF8A #8D8ABF

analogous

#BFA88A #BCBF8A #A2BF8A

triadic

#BCBF8A #8ABCBF #BF8ABC

tetradic

#BCBF8A #8ABFA8 #8D8ABF #BF8AA2

square

#BCBF8A #8ABFA8 #8D8ABF #BF8AA2

split-complementary

#BCBF8A #8AA2BF #A88ABF

monochromatic

#828649 #A5A962 #BCBF8A #D3D5B2 #E9EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCBF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF8A

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF8A	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.071 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ac',
    500: '#bcbf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf8a;
$custom-light: #d0d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF8A

secondary

#CAC9DC

accent

#3EA844

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF8A

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

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