#BCBD7C#BCBD7C

#BCBD7C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.086 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD7C
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 124)
HSL	hsl(61, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -10.39, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 34.40, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0278 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.086 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.5751, 48.5425, 26.1917)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD7C #7D7CBD

analogous

#BD9E7C #BCBD7C #9CBD7C

triadic

#BCBD7C #7CBCBD #BD7CBC

tetradic

#BCBD7C #7CBD9E #7D7CBD #BD7C9C

square

#BCBD7C #7CBD9E #7D7CBD #BD7C9C

split-complementary

#BCBD7C #7C9CBD #9E7CBD

monochromatic

#7E7F40 #A6A754 #BCBD7C #D1D2A5 #E6E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBD7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD7C

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD7C	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.086 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a2',
    500: '#bcbd7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd7c;
$custom-light: #d1d0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78226,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD7C

secondary

#BFBED7

accent

#3AAC3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F3

border

#D2D2CD

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD7C

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

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