#BCBD63#BCBD63

#BCBD63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD63
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 99)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -13.08, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 46.89, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0376 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.113 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1896, 47.9883, 18.8949)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD63 #6463BD

analogous

#BD9163 #BCBD63 #8FBD63

triadic

#BCBD63 #63BCBD #BD63BC

tetradic

#BCBD63 #63BD91 #6463BD #BD638F

square

#BCBD63 #63BD91 #6463BD #BD638F

split-complementary

#BCBD63 #638FBD #9163BD

monochromatic

#747431 #9E9F43 #BCBD63 #CECF8E #E1E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD63

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD63	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d091',
    500: '#bcbd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd63;
$custom-light: #d2d091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77836,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD63

secondary

#ACABD0

accent

#57D059

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD63

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

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