#BCBD65#BCBD65

#BCBD65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.111 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD65
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -12.89, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 45.92, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0368 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.111 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2864, 48.0271, 19.4047)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD65 #6665BD

analogous

#BD9265 #BCBD65 #90BD65

triadic

#BCBD65 #65BCBD #BD65BC

tetradic

#BCBD65 #65BD92 #6665BD #BD6590

square

#BCBD65 #65BD92 #6665BD #BD6590

split-complementary

#BCBD65 #6590BD #9265BD

monochromatic

#757532 #9FA045 #BCBD65 #CFCF90 #E1E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD65

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD65	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.111 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d093',
    500: '#bcbd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd65;
$custom-light: #d2d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77863,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD65

secondary

#ADADD1

accent

#58D059

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD65

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

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