#BCBD85#BCBD85

#BCBD85 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.075 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD85
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(61, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -9.25, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 29.75, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0241 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.075 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1704, 48.7807, 29.3272)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD85 #8685BD

analogous

#BDA285 #BCBD85 #A0BD85

triadic

#BCBD85 #85BCBD #BD85BC

tetradic

#BCBD85 #85BDA2 #8685BD #BD85A0

square

#BCBD85 #85BDA2 #8685BD #BD85A0

split-complementary

#BCBD85 #85A0BD #A285BD

monochromatic

#808246 #A6A85D #BCBD85 #D2D2AD #E8E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCBD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD85

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD85	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.075 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a9',
    500: '#bcbd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd85;
$custom-light: #d1d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78393,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD85

secondary

#C5C5D9

accent

#3DA83F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD85

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

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