#BCBC81#BCBC81

#BCBC81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.078 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC81
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -9.25, 29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 31.33, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0243 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.078 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6850, 48.2435, 27.8279)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC81 #8181BC

analogous

#BC9F81 #BCBC81 #9FBC81

triadic

#BCBC81 #81BCBC #BC81BC

tetradic

#BCBC81 #81BC9F #8181BC #BC819F

square

#BCBC81 #81BC9F #8181BC #BC819F

split-complementary

#BCBC81 #819FBC #9F81BC

monochromatic

#7F7F44 #A7A759 #BCBC81 #D1D1A9 #E6E6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC81

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC81	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B77D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.078 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a6',
    500: '#bcbc81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc81;
$custom-light: #d1d0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78104,
    "c": 0.07829,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC81

secondary

#C2C2D7

accent

#3CA93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC81

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

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