#BCBD8F#BCBD8F

#BCBD8F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.062 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD8F
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 143)
HSL	hsl(61, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 24.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -7.89, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 24.52, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.02 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.062 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8945, 49.0703, 33.1404)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD8F #908FBD

analogous

#BDA78F #BCBD8F #A5BD8F

triadic

#BCBD8F #8FBCBD #BD8FBC

tetradic

#BCBD8F #8FBDA7 #908FBD #BD8FA5

square

#BCBD8F #8FBDA7 #908FBD #BD8FA5

split-complementary

#BCBD8F #8FA5BD #A78FBD

monochromatic

#83844E #A5A668 #BCBD8F #D3D4B6 #EAEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BCBD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD8F

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD8F	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.062 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b0',
    500: '#bcbd8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd8f;
$custom-light: #d0d0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 25.843,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78595,
    "c": 0.06201,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD8F

secondary

#CCCCDC

accent

#41A443

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD8F

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

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