#BCBD80#BCBD80

#BCBD80 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.081 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD80
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 128)
HSL	hsl(61, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 32.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -9.89, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 32.34, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0262 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.081 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8332, 48.6458, 27.5510)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD80 #8180BD

analogous

#BDA080 #BCBD80 #9DBD80

triadic

#BCBD80 #80BCBD #BD80BC

tetradic

#BCBD80 #80BDA0 #8180BD #BD809D

square

#BCBD80 #80BDA0 #8180BD #BD809D

split-complementary

#BCBD80 #809DBD #A080BD

monochromatic

#7F8043 #A7A858 #BCBD80 #D1D2A8 #E6E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD80

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD80	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B87C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.081 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a5',
    500: '#bcbd80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd80;
$custom-light: #d1d0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 31.606,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78298,
    "c": 0.08076,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD80

secondary

#C2C1D8

accent

#3BAA3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD80

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

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