#BCBD60#BCBD60

#BCBD60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD60
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 96)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -13.36, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 48.33, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0387 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.117 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0488, 47.9320, 18.1535)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD60 #6160BD

analogous

#BD8F60 #BCBD60 #8DBD60

triadic

#BCBD60 #60BCBD #BD60BC

tetradic

#BCBD60 #60BD8F #6160BD #BD608D

square

#BCBD60 #60BD8F #6160BD #BD608D

split-complementary

#BCBD60 #608DBD #8F60BD

monochromatic

#727330 #9D9E42 #BCBD60 #CECF8B #E0E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD60

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD60	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08f',
    500: '#bcbd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd60;
$custom-light: #d2d08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.645,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD60

secondary

#AAA9D0

accent

#57D158

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD60

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

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