#BCBD5F#BCBD5F

#BCBD5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.118 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD5F
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 95)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 49.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -13.45, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 48.80, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.039 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.118 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0031, 47.9137, 17.9126)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD5F #605FBD

analogous

#BD8F5F #BCBD5F #8DBD5F

triadic

#BCBD5F #5FBCBD #BD5FBC

tetradic

#BCBD5F #5FBD8F #605FBD #BD5F8D

square

#BCBD5F #5FBD8F #605FBD #BD5F8D

split-complementary

#BCBD5F #5F8DBD #8F5FBD

monochromatic

#72722F #9D9E41 #BCBD5F #CECF8A #E0E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD5F

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD5F	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#CAB656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.118 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08f',
    500: '#bcbd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd5f;
$custom-light: #d2d08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.638,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77783,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD5F

secondary

#A9A8CF

accent

#56D158

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD5F

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

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