#BCBD5C#BCBD5C

#BCBD5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD5C
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 92)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -13.72, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 50.22, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0401 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.121 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8694, 47.8602, 17.2082)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD5C #5D5CBD

analogous

#BD8E5C #BCBD5C #8BBD5C

triadic

#BCBD5C #5CBCBD #BD5CBC

tetradic

#BCBD5C #5CBD8E #5D5CBD #BD5C8B

square

#BCBD5C #5CBD8E #5D5CBD #BD5C8B

split-complementary

#BCBD5C #5C8BBD #8E5CBD

monochromatic

#70712E #9B9C3F #BCBD5C #CECF88 #E0E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCBD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD5C

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD5C	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)

#CAB653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08d',
    500: '#bcbd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd5c;
$custom-light: #d2d08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.619,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77745,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD5C

secondary

#A6A6CF

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD5C

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

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