#BCBD7E#BCBD7E

#BCBD7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD7E
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 126)
HSL	hsl(61, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -10.14, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 33.38, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.027 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.083 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7028, 48.5936, 26.8646)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD7E #7F7EBD

analogous

#BD9F7E #BCBD7E #9DBD7E

triadic

#BCBD7E #7EBCBD #BD7EBC

tetradic

#BCBD7E #7EBD9F #7F7EBD #BD7E9D

square

#BCBD7E #7EBD9F #7F7EBD #BD7E9D

split-complementary

#BCBD7E #7E9DBD #9F7EBD

monochromatic

#7E7F41 #A7A856 #BCBD7E #D1D2A6 #E6E6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCBD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD7E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD7E	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B87A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a4',
    500: '#bcbd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd7e;
$custom-light: #d1d0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78262,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD7E

secondary

#C0C0D7

accent

#3AAB3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD7E

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

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