#BCBD9D#BCBD9D

#BCBD9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.044 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD9D
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(62, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -5.82, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 17.12, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0141 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.044 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0219, 49.5213, 39.0785)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD9D #9E9DBD

analogous

#BDAE9D #BCBD9D #ACBD9D

triadic

#BCBD9D #9DBCBD #BD9DBC

tetradic

#BCBD9D #9DBDAE #9E9DBD #BD9DAC

square

#BCBD9D #9DBDAE #9E9DBD #BD9DAC

split-complementary

#BCBD9D #9DACBD #AE9DBD

monochromatic

#84865A #A3A478 #BCBD9D #D5D6C2 #EEEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCBD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD9D

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD9D	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.044 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ba',
    500: '#bcbd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd9d;
$custom-light: #d0d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78908,
    "c": 0.04371,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD9D

secondary

#D6D6E0

accent

#489E4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD9D

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

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