#BCBF8D#BCBF8D

#BCBF8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.067 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF8D
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 141)
HSL	hsl(64, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -9.21, 24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 26.60, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0238 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.067 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1775, 49.8766, 32.4940)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF8D #908DBF

analogous

#BFA98D #BCBF8D #A3BF8D

triadic

#BCBF8D #8DBCBF #BF8DBC

tetradic

#BCBF8D #8DBFA9 #908DBF #BF8DA3

square

#BCBF8D #8DBFA9 #908DBF #BF8DA3

split-complementary

#BCBF8D #8DA3BF #A98DBF

monochromatic

#83864B #A5A966 #BCBF8D #D3D5B4 #EAEBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBF8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCBF8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF8D

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF8D	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.067 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ae',
    500: '#bcbf8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf8d;
$custom-light: #d0d2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78978,
    "c": 0.06721,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF8D

secondary

#CCCBDC

accent

#3FA745

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF8D

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

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