#BCBD6D#BCBD6D

#BCBD6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.103 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD6D
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 109)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -12.08, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 41.99, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0338 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.103 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6976, 48.1915, 21.5704)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD6D #6E6DBD

analogous

#BD966D #BCBD6D #94BD6D

triadic

#BCBD6D #6DBCBD #BD6DBC

tetradic

#BCBD6D #6DBD96 #6E6DBD #BD6D94

square

#BCBD6D #6DBD96 #6E6DBD #BD6D94

split-complementary

#BCBD6D #6D94BD #966DBD

monochromatic

#787937 #A2A34A #BCBD6D #CFD097 #E3E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD6D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD6D	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.103 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d098',
    500: '#bcbd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd6d;
$custom-light: #d1d098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77979,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD6D

secondary

#B3B3D3

accent

#5ACE5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD6D

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

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