#BCBD81#BCBD81

#BCBD81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.080 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD81
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 129)
HSL	hsl(61, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 31.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -9.77, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 31.83, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0258 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.08 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8993, 48.6722, 27.8994)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD81 #8281BD

analogous

#BDA081 #BCBD81 #9EBD81

triadic

#BCBD81 #81BCBD #BD81BC

tetradic

#BCBD81 #81BDA0 #8281BD #BD819E

square

#BCBD81 #81BDA0 #8281BD #BD819E

split-complementary

#BCBD81 #819EBD #A081BD

monochromatic

#7F8043 #A7A859 #BCBD81 #D1D2A9 #E7E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD81

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD81	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)

#C6B87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.080 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a6',
    500: '#bcbd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd81;
$custom-light: #d1d0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78317,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD81

secondary

#C2C2D8

accent

#3CAA3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD81

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

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