#BCBD91#BCBD91

#BCBD91 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.059 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD91
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 145)
HSL	hsl(61, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 23.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -7.61, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 23.47, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0191 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.059 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0473, 49.1314, 33.9455)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD91 #9291BD

analogous

#BDA891 #BCBD91 #A6BD91

triadic

#BCBD91 #91BCBD #BD91BC

tetradic

#BCBD91 #91BDA8 #9291BD #BD91A6

square

#BCBD91 #91BDA8 #9291BD #BD91A6

split-complementary

#BCBD91 #91A6BD #A891BD

monochromatic

#83844F #A5A66B #BCBD91 #D3D4B7 #EBEBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBD91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCBD91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD91

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD91	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B98E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.059 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b1',
    500: '#bcbd91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd91;
$custom-light: #d0d0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78637,
    "c": 0.05944,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD91

secondary

#CECEDC

accent

#42A444

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F5

border

#D2D2CF

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD91

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

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