#BCBD61#BCBD61

#BCBD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD61
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -13.27, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 47.85, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0383 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.116 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0952, 47.9506, 18.3975)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD61 #6261BD

analogous

#BD9061 #BCBD61 #8EBD61

triadic

#BCBD61 #61BCBD #BD61BC

tetradic

#BCBD61 #61BD90 #6261BD #BD618E

square

#BCBD61 #61BD90 #6261BD #BD618E

split-complementary

#BCBD61 #618EBD #9061BD

monochromatic

#737330 #9E9F42 #BCBD61 #CECF8C #E1E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD61

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD61	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)

#CAB659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d090',
    500: '#bcbd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd61;
$custom-light: #d2d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.652,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77809,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD61

secondary

#AAAAD0

accent

#57D158

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD61

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

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