#BCBD7A#BCBD7A

#BCBD7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.088 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD7A
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 122)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 35.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -10.63, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 35.43, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0286 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.088 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.4499, 48.4924, 25.5323)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD7A #7B7ABD

analogous

#BD9C7A #BCBD7A #9ABD7A

triadic

#BCBD7A #7ABCBD #BD7ABC

tetradic

#BCBD7A #7ABD9C #7B7ABD #BD7A9A

square

#BCBD7A #7ABD9C #7B7ABD #BD7A9A

split-complementary

#BCBD7A #7A9ABD #9C7ABD

monochromatic

#7D7E3F #A6A753 #BCBD7A #D1D1A3 #E5E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBD7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD7A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD7A	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.088 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a1',
    500: '#bcbd7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd7a;
$custom-light: #d1d0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 33.668,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78191,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD7A

secondary

#BDBDD6

accent

#39AC3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD7A

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

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