#BCBD7B#BCBD7B

#BCBD7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.087 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD7B
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 123)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 34.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -10.51, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 34.92, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0282 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.087 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.5122, 48.5174, 25.8603)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD7B #7C7BBD

analogous

#BD9D7B #BCBD7B #9BBD7B

triadic

#BCBD7B #7BBCBD #BD7BBC

tetradic

#BCBD7B #7BBD9D #7C7BBD #BD7B9B

square

#BCBD7B #7BBD9D #7C7BBD #BD7B9B

split-complementary

#BCBD7B #7B9BBD #9D7BBD

monochromatic

#7D7E3F #A6A754 #BCBD7B #D1D1A4 #E5E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBD7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD7B

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD7B	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)

#C7B876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.087 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a2',
    500: '#bcbd7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd7b;
$custom-light: #d1d0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78208,
    "c": 0.08677,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD7B

secondary

#BEBED6

accent

#39AC3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD7B

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

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