#BCBF8E#BCBF8E

#BCBF8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.066 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF8E
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 142)
HSL	hsl(64, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 25.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -9.08, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 26.08, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0233 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.066 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2522, 49.9065, 32.8876)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF8E #918EBF

analogous

#BFA98E #BCBF8E #A4BF8E

triadic

#BCBF8E #8EBCBF #BF8EBC

tetradic

#BCBF8E #8EBFA9 #918EBF #BF8EA4

square

#BCBF8E #8EBFA9 #918EBF #BF8EA4

split-complementary

#BCBF8E #8EA4BF #A98EBF

monochromatic

#83864C #A5A967 #BCBF8E #D3D5B5 #EAEBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBF8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCBF8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF8E

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF8E	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)

#C7BB8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.066 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2af',
    500: '#bcbf8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf8e;
$custom-light: #d0d2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78998,
    "c": 0.06594,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF8E

secondary

#CDCCDD

accent

#3FA646

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF8E

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

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