#BCBD82#BCBD82

#BCBD82 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.078 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD82
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 130)
HSL	hsl(61, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 31.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -9.64, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 31.31, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0254 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.078 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9661, 48.6989, 28.2512)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD82 #8382BD

analogous

#BDA082 #BCBD82 #9EBD82

triadic

#BCBD82 #82BCBD #BD82BC

tetradic

#BCBD82 #82BDA0 #8382BD #BD829E

square

#BCBD82 #82BDA0 #8382BD #BD829E

split-complementary

#BCBD82 #829EBD #A082BD

monochromatic

#808144 #A7A85A #BCBD82 #D1D2AA #E7E7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCBD82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD82

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD82	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B87E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.078 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a7',
    500: '#bcbd82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd82;
$custom-light: #d1d0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 30.89,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78336,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD82

secondary

#C3C3D8

accent

#3CAA3E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD82

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

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