#BCBD68#BCBD68

#BCBD68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD68
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 104)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -12.60, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 44.46, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0357 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.108 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4361, 48.0869, 20.1929)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD68 #6968BD

analogous

#BD9468 #BCBD68 #91BD68

triadic

#BCBD68 #68BCBD #BD68BC

tetradic

#BCBD68 #68BD94 #6968BD #BD6891

square

#BCBD68 #68BD94 #6968BD #BD6891

split-complementary

#BCBD68 #6891BD #9468BD

monochromatic

#767734 #A0A147 #BCBD68 #CFD093 #E2E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD68

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD68	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d095',
    500: '#bcbd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd68;
$custom-light: #d2d095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.706,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD68

secondary

#B0AFD2

accent

#59CF5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD68

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

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