#BCBD69#BCBD69

#BCBD69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.107 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD69
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 105)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -12.50, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 43.97, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0353 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.107 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4872, 48.1074, 20.4620)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD69 #6A69BD

analogous

#BD9469 #BCBD69 #92BD69

triadic

#BCBD69 #69BCBD #BD69BC

tetradic

#BCBD69 #69BD94 #6A69BD #BD6992

square

#BCBD69 #69BD94 #6A69BD #BD6992

split-complementary

#BCBD69 #6992BD #9469BD

monochromatic

#767734 #A1A247 #BCBD69 #CFD093 #E2E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BCBD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD69

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD69	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)

#C9B762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.107 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d095',
    500: '#bcbd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd69;
$custom-light: #d2d095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.714,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7792,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD69

secondary

#B0B0D2

accent

#59CF5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD69

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

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