#BCBE5F#BCBE5F

#BCBE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.119 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE5F
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 95)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 50%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -13.96, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 49.26, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0405 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.119 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2189, 48.3454, 17.9845)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE5F #615FBE

analogous

#BE905F #BCBE5F #8CBE5F

triadic

#BCBE5F #5FBCBE #BE5FBC

tetradic

#BCBE5F #5FBE90 #615FBE #BE5F8C

square

#BCBE5F #5FBE90 #615FBE #BE5F8C

split-complementary

#BCBE5F #5F8CBE #905FBE

monochromatic

#72742F #9D9F41 #BCBE5F #CED08B #E0E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE5F

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE5F	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)

#CBB756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.119 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18f',
    500: '#bcbe5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe5f;
$custom-light: #d2d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.263,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77999,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE5F

secondary

#AAA9D0

accent

#56D258

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE5F

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

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