#BCBD5A#BCBD5A

#BCBD5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.122 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD5A
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -13.89, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 51.15, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0408 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.122 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7831, 47.8257, 16.7538)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD5A #5B5ABD

analogous

#BD8D5A #BCBD5A #8BBD5A

triadic

#BCBD5A #5ABCBD #BD5ABC

tetradic

#BCBD5A #5ABD8D #5B5ABD #BD5A8B

square

#BCBD5A #5ABD8D #5B5ABD #BD5A8B

split-complementary

#BCBD5A #5A8BBD #8D5ABD

monochromatic

#6F702D #9B9C3E #BCBD5A #CECE86 #E0E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCBD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD5A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD5A	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.122 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08b',
    500: '#bcbd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd5a;
$custom-light: #d2d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.606,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77721,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD5A

secondary

#A5A5CE

accent

#55D356

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD5A

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

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