#BCBD75#BCBD75

#BCBD75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.094 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD75
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 117)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -11.21, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 37.97, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0306 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.094 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1480, 48.3717, 23.9425)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD75 #7675BD

analogous

#BD9A75 #BCBD75 #98BD75

triadic

#BCBD75 #75BCBD #BD75BC

tetradic

#BCBD75 #75BD9A #7675BD #BD7598

square

#BCBD75 #75BD9A #7675BD #BD7598

split-complementary

#BCBD75 #7598BD #9A75BD

monochromatic

#7B7C3B #A4A64F #BCBD75 #D0D19E #E4E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD75

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD75	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.094 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09e',
    500: '#bcbd75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd75;
$custom-light: #d1d09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78106,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD75

secondary

#B9B9D5

accent

#5CCB5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD75

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

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