#BCBE60#BCBE60

#BCBE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.118 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE60
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 96)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 49.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -13.87, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 48.78, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0401 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.118 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2647, 48.3637, 18.2255)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE60 #6260BE

analogous

#BE9160 #BCBE60 #8DBE60

triadic

#BCBE60 #60BCBE #BE60BC

tetradic

#BCBE60 #60BE91 #6260BE #BE608D

square

#BCBE60 #60BE91 #6260BE #BE608D

split-complementary

#BCBE60 #608DBE #9160BE

monochromatic

#73742F #9EA041 #BCBE60 #CED08B #E1E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE60

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE60	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)

#CBB757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.118 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d18f',
    500: '#bcbe60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe60;
$custom-light: #d2d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 41.964,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78012,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE60

secondary

#AAA9D0

accent

#56D259

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE60

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

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