#BCBD90#BCBD90

#BCBD90 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.061 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD90
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 144)
HSL	hsl(61, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 23.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -7.75, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 24.00, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0195 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.061 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9706, 49.1007, 33.5412)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD90 #9190BD

analogous

#BDA790 #BCBD90 #A5BD90

triadic

#BCBD90 #90BCBD #BD90BC

tetradic

#BCBD90 #90BDA7 #9190BD #BD90A5

square

#BCBD90 #90BDA7 #9190BD #BD90A5

split-complementary

#BCBD90 #90A5BD #A790BD

monochromatic

#83844F #A5A66A #BCBD90 #D3D4B6 #EAEBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBD90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCBD90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD90

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD90	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B98D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.061 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b0',
    500: '#bcbd90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd90;
$custom-light: #d0d0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78616,
    "c": 0.06073,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD90

secondary

#CDCDDC

accent

#42A444

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F5

border

#D2D2CF

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD90

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

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