#BCBD6F#BCBD6F

#BCBD6F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.101 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD6F
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 111)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 41.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -11.87, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 40.99, 106.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.033 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.101 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8065, 48.2351, 22.1438)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD6F #706FBD

analogous

#BD976F #BCBD6F #95BD6F

triadic

#BCBD6F #6FBCBD #BD6FBC

tetradic

#BCBD6F #6FBD97 #706FBD #BD6F95

square

#BCBD6F #6FBD97 #706FBD #BD6F95

split-complementary

#BCBD6F #6F95BD #976FBD

monochromatic

#797A38 #A3A44B #BCBD6F #D0D099 #E3E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBD6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD6F

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD6F	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.101 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d099',
    500: '#bcbd6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd6f;
$custom-light: #d1d099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD6F

secondary

#B5B5D3

accent

#5BCD5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD6F

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

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