#BCBD8D#BCBD8D

#BCBD8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.065 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD8D
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(61, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -8.18, 24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 25.57, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0208 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.065 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7443, 49.0102, 32.3496)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD8D #8E8DBD

analogous

#BDA68D #BCBD8D #A4BD8D

triadic

#BCBD8D #8DBCBD #BD8DBC

tetradic

#BCBD8D #8DBDA6 #8E8DBD #BD8DA4

square

#BCBD8D #8DBDA6 #8E8DBD #BD8DA4

split-complementary

#BCBD8D #8DA4BD #A68DBD

monochromatic

#82834C #A5A766 #BCBD8D #D3D3B4 #EAEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCBD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD8D

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD8D	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.065 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ae',
    500: '#bcbd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd8d;
$custom-light: #d0d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.06457,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD8D

secondary

#CBCBDB

accent

#40A542

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD8D

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

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