#BCBF8B#BCBF8B

#BCBF8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.070 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF8B
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 139)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -9.49, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 27.65, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0246 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.07 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0300, 49.8176, 31.7173)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF8B #8E8BBF

analogous

#BFA88B #BCBF8B #A2BF8B

triadic

#BCBF8B #8BBCBF #BF8BBC

tetradic

#BCBF8B #8BBFA8 #8E8BBF #BF8BA2

square

#BCBF8B #8BBFA8 #8E8BBF #BF8BA2

split-complementary

#BCBF8B #8BA2BF #A88BBF

monochromatic

#82864A #A5A964 #BCBF8B #D3D5B2 #EAEBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCBF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF8B

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF8B	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)

#C7BA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.070 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ad',
    500: '#bcbf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf8b;
$custom-light: #d0d2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF8B

secondary

#CBCADC

accent

#3EA844

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF8B

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

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