#BCBD84#BCBD84

#BCBD84 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.076 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD84
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 132)
HSL	hsl(61, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 30.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -9.38, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 30.27, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0245 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.076 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1017, 48.7532, 28.9651)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD84 #8584BD

analogous

#BDA184 #BCBD84 #9FBD84

triadic

#BCBD84 #84BCBD #BD84BC

tetradic

#BCBD84 #84BDA1 #8584BD #BD849F

square

#BCBD84 #84BDA1 #8584BD #BD849F

split-complementary

#BCBD84 #849FBD #A184BD

monochromatic

#808145 #A6A85C #BCBD84 #D2D2AC #E7E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBD84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD84

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD84	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)

#C6B880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.076 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a8',
    500: '#bcbd84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd84;
$custom-light: #d1d0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 30.159,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.07587,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD84

secondary

#C4C4D9

accent

#3DA93F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD84

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

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