#BCBE66#BCBE66

#BCBE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.112 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE66
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 102)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 46%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 46.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -13.31, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 45.90, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0379 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.112 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5515, 48.4785, 19.7362)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE66 #6866BE

analogous

#BE9466 #BCBE66 #90BE66

triadic

#BCBE66 #66BCBE #BE66BC

tetradic

#BCBE66 #66BE94 #6866BE #BE6690

square

#BCBE66 #66BE94 #6866BE #BE6690

split-complementary

#BCBE66 #6690BE #9466BE

monochromatic

#757733 #A0A245 #BCBE66 #CFD091 #E2E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE66

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE66	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.112 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d193',
    500: '#bcbe66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe66;
$custom-light: #d2d193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78093,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE66

secondary

#AFAED2

accent

#58D05A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE66

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

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