#BCBE5E#BCBE5E

#BCBE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.120 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE5E
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -14.05, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 49.73, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0408 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.12 110)
XYZ	xyz(41.1738, 48.3274, 17.7467)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE5E #605EBE

analogous

#BE905E #BCBE5E #8CBE5E

triadic

#BCBE5E #5EBCBE #BE5EBC

tetradic

#BCBE5E #5EBE90 #605EBE #BE5E8C

square

#BCBE5E #5EBE90 #605EBE #BE5E8C

split-complementary

#BCBE5E #5E8CBE #905EBE

monochromatic

#72732E #9D9F40 #BCBE5E #CED08A #E0E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE5E

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE5E	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.120 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18e',
    500: '#bcbe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe5e;
$custom-light: #d2d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77987,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.48326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE5E

secondary

#A9A8D0

accent

#56D258

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE5E

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

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