#BCBD6A#BCBD6A

#BCBD6A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.106 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD6A
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 106)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 43.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -12.40, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 43.47, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0349 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.106 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5389, 48.1280, 20.7343)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD6A #6B6ABD

analogous

#BD946A #BCBD6A #92BD6A

triadic

#BCBD6A #6ABCBD #BD6ABC

tetradic

#BCBD6A #6ABD94 #6B6ABD #BD6A92

square

#BCBD6A #6ABD94 #6B6ABD #BD6A92

split-complementary

#BCBD6A #6A92BD #946ABD

monochromatic

#777835 #A1A248 #BCBD6A #CFD094 #E2E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD6A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD6A	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.106 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d096',
    500: '#bcbd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd6a;
$custom-light: #d2d096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.723,
    "s": 38.605,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77934,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD6A

secondary

#B1B1D2

accent

#59CF5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD6A

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

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