#BCC485#BCC485

#BCC485 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.084 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC485
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 133)
HSL	hsl(68, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 32.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -12.86, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 33.36, 112.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0344 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.084 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7127, 51.8651, 29.8412)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC485 #8D85C4

analogous

#C4AD85 #BCC485 #9DC485

triadic

#BCC485 #85BCC4 #C485BC

tetradic

#BCC485 #85C4AD #8D85C4 #C4859D

square

#BCC485 #85C4AD #8D85C4 #C4859D

split-complementary

#BCC485 #859DC4 #AD85C4

monochromatic

#828B43 #A5B05C #BCC485 #D3D8AE #E9ECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCC485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BCC485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC485

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC485	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.084 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5a9',
    500: '#bcc485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc485;
$custom-light: #d1d5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.619,
    "s": 34.807,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79891,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC485

secondary

#615A93

accent

#38AE47

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC485

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

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