#BCBD98#BCBD98

#BCBD98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.050 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD98
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 152)
HSL	hsl(62, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -6.58, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 19.77, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0162 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.05 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6038, 49.3540, 36.8762)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD98 #9998BD

analogous

#BDAC98 #BCBD98 #AABD98

triadic

#BCBD98 #98BCBD #BD98BC

tetradic

#BCBD98 #98BDAC #9998BD #BD98AA

square

#BCBD98 #98BDAC #9998BD #BD98AA

split-complementary

#BCBD98 #98AABD #AC98BD

monochromatic

#848555 #A4A573 #BCBD98 #D4D5BD #EDEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCBD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD98

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD98	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.050 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0b6',
    500: '#bcbd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd98;
$custom-light: #d0d0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78792,
    "c": 0.05032,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD98

secondary

#D3D2DE

accent

#45A048

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD98

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

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