#BCBD83#BCBD83

#BCBD83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.077 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD83
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 131)
HSL	hsl(61, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -9.51, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 30.79, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.025 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.077 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0336, 48.7259, 28.6064)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD83 #8483BD

analogous

#BDA183 #BCBD83 #9FBD83

triadic

#BCBD83 #83BCBD #BD83BC

tetradic

#BCBD83 #83BDA1 #8483BD #BD839F

square

#BCBD83 #83BDA1 #8483BD #BD839F

split-complementary

#BCBD83 #839FBD #A183BD

monochromatic

#808145 #A6A85B #BCBD83 #D2D2AB #E7E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD83

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD83	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B87F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.077 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a7',
    500: '#bcbd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd83;
$custom-light: #d1d0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78354,
    "c": 0.0771,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD83

secondary

#C4C3D8

accent

#3CA93E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD83

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

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