#BCBD86#BCBD86

#BCBD86 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.073 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD86
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 134)
HSL	hsl(61, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -9.12, 27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 29.23, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0237 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.073 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2398, 48.8084, 29.6928)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD86 #8786BD

analogous

#BDA286 #BCBD86 #A0BD86

triadic

#BCBD86 #86BCBD #BD86BC

tetradic

#BCBD86 #86BDA2 #8786BD #BD86A0

square

#BCBD86 #86BDA2 #8786BD #BD86A0

split-complementary

#BCBD86 #86A0BD #A286BD

monochromatic

#818247 #A6A75E #BCBD86 #D2D3AE #E8E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCBD86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD86

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD86	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)

#C6B882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.073 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a9',
    500: '#bcbd86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd86;
$custom-light: #d1d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78412,
    "c": 0.07339,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD86

secondary

#C6C6D9

accent

#3DA83F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD86

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

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