#BCBD6C#BCBD6C

#BCBD6C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.104 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD6C
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 108)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -12.19, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 42.49, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0342 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.104 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6441, 48.1701, 21.2885)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD6C #6D6CBD

analogous

#BD956C #BCBD6C #93BD6C

triadic

#BCBD6C #6CBCBD #BD6CBC

tetradic

#BCBD6C #6CBD95 #6D6CBD #BD6C93

square

#BCBD6C #6CBD95 #6D6CBD #BD6C93

split-complementary

#BCBD6C #6C93BD #956CBD

monochromatic

#787836 #A2A349 #BCBD6C #CFD096 #E3E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCBD6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD6C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD6C	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#C9B765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.104 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d097',
    500: '#bcbd6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd6c;
$custom-light: #d1d097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.741,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD6C

secondary

#B3B2D3

accent

#5ACE5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD6C

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

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