#BCBD6E#BCBD6E

#BCBD6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.102 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD6E
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 110)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -11.98, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 41.49, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0334 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.102 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7518, 48.2132, 21.8555)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD6E #6F6EBD

analogous

#BD966E #BCBD6E #94BD6E

triadic

#BCBD6E #6EBCBD #BD6EBC

tetradic

#BCBD6E #6EBD96 #6F6EBD #BD6E94

square

#BCBD6E #6EBD96 #6F6EBD #BD6E94

split-complementary

#BCBD6E #6E94BD #966EBD

monochromatic

#797937 #A2A34A #BCBD6E #CFD098 #E3E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BCBD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD6E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD6E	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)

#C8B768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.102 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d099',
    500: '#bcbd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd6e;
$custom-light: #d1d099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.759,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77994,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD6E

secondary

#B4B4D3

accent

#5ACD5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD6E

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

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