#BCBD8B#BCBD8B

#BCBD8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.067 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD8B
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 139)
HSL	hsl(61, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 26.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -8.45, 25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 26.62, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0216 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.067 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5968, 48.9512, 31.5730)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD8B #8C8BBD

analogous

#BDA58B #BCBD8B #A3BD8B

triadic

#BCBD8B #8BBCBD #BD8BBC

tetradic

#BCBD8B #8BBDA5 #8C8BBD #BD8BA3

square

#BCBD8B #8BBDA5 #8C8BBD #BD8BA3

split-complementary

#BCBD8B #8BA3BD #A58BBD

monochromatic

#82834B #A5A764 #BCBD8B #D3D3B2 #E9E9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCBD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD8B

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD8B	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.067 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ad',
    500: '#bcbd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd8b;
$custom-light: #d0d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78512,
    "c": 0.06711,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD8B

secondary

#CAC9DB

accent

#3FA641

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD8B

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

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