#BCBD8A#BCBD8A

#BCBD8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.068 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD8A
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -8.59, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 27.15, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.022 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.068 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5241, 48.9221, 31.1899)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD8A #8B8ABD

analogous

#BDA58A #BCBD8A #A3BD8A

triadic

#BCBD8A #8ABCBD #BD8ABC

tetradic

#BCBD8A #8ABDA5 #8B8ABD #BD8AA3

square

#BCBD8A #8ABDA5 #8B8ABD #BD8AA3

split-complementary

#BCBD8A #8AA3BD #A58ABD

monochromatic

#82834A #A6A763 #BCBD8A #D2D3B1 #E9E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCBD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD8A

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD8A	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)

#C5B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.068 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ac',
    500: '#bcbd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd8a;
$custom-light: #d0d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78492,
    "c": 0.06837,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD8A

secondary

#C9C9DA

accent

#3FA641

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD8A

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

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