#BCBD89#BCBD89

#BCBD89 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.070 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD89
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 137)
HSL	hsl(61, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -8.72, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 27.67, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0225 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.07 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4520, 48.8933, 30.8104)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD89 #8A89BD

analogous

#BDA489 #BCBD89 #A2BD89

triadic

#BCBD89 #89BCBD #BD89BC

tetradic

#BCBD89 #89BDA4 #8A89BD #BD89A2

square

#BCBD89 #89BDA4 #8A89BD #BD89A2

split-complementary

#BCBD89 #89A2BD #A489BD

monochromatic

#818349 #A6A762 #BCBD89 #D2D3B0 #E9E9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCBD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD89

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD89	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.070 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ab',
    500: '#bcbd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd89;
$custom-light: #d0d0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78471,
    "c": 0.06963,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD89

secondary

#C8C8DA

accent

#3FA741

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD89

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

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