#BCBD66#BCBD66

#BCBD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.110 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD66
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 102)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -12.79, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 45.43, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0365 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.11 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3357, 48.0468, 19.6643)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD66 #6766BD

analogous

#BD9366 #BCBD66 #90BD66

triadic

#BCBD66 #66BCBD #BD66BC

tetradic

#BCBD66 #66BD93 #6766BD #BD6690

square

#BCBD66 #66BD93 #6766BD #BD6690

split-complementary

#BCBD66 #6690BD #9366BD

monochromatic

#757633 #9FA145 #BCBD66 #CFCF91 #E1E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD66

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD66	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)

#C9B75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.110 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d093',
    500: '#bcbd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd66;
$custom-light: #d2d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.69,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD66

secondary

#AEAED1

accent

#58D05A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD66

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

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