#BCBD5E#BCBD5E

#BCBD5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.119 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD5E
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -13.54, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 49.28, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0394 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.119 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9579, 47.8957, 17.6747)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD5E #5F5EBD

analogous

#BD8F5E #BCBD5E #8CBD5E

triadic

#BCBD5E #5EBCBD #BD5EBC

tetradic

#BCBD5E #5EBD8F #5F5EBD #BD5E8C

square

#BCBD5E #5EBD8F #5F5EBD #BD5E8C

split-complementary

#BCBD5E #5E8CBD #8F5EBD

monochromatic

#71722F #9C9D40 #BCBD5E #CECF89 #E0E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD5E

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD5E	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.119 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08e',
    500: '#bcbd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd5e;
$custom-light: #d2d08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.632,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7777,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD5E

secondary

#A8A8CF

accent

#56D257

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD5E

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

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