#BCBD62#BCBD62

#BCBD62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD62
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -13.18, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 47.37, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0379 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.115 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1421, 47.9693, 18.6446)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD62 #6362BD

analogous

#BD9162 #BCBD62 #8FBD62

triadic

#BCBD62 #62BCBD #BD62BC

tetradic

#BCBD62 #62BD91 #6362BD #BD628F

square

#BCBD62 #62BD91 #6362BD #BD628F

split-complementary

#BCBD62 #628FBD #9162BD

monochromatic

#737431 #9E9F43 #BCBD62 #CECF8D #E1E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCBD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD62

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD62	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)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d091',
    500: '#bcbd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd62;
$custom-light: #d2d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.659,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77822,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD62

secondary

#ABABD0

accent

#57D158

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD62

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

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