#BCBE68#BCBE68

#BCBE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.109 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE68
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 104)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 45.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -13.11, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 44.92, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0372 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.109 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6519, 48.5186, 20.2649)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE68 #6A68BE

analogous

#BE9568 #BCBE68 #91BE68

triadic

#BCBE68 #68BCBE #BE68BC

tetradic

#BCBE68 #68BE95 #6A68BE #BE6891

square

#BCBE68 #68BE95 #6A68BE #BE6891

split-complementary

#BCBE68 #6891BE #9568BE

monochromatic

#767834 #A1A346 #BCBE68 #CFD093 #E2E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE68

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE68	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)

#CAB761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.109 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d195',
    500: '#bcbe68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe68;
$custom-light: #d2d195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 39.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78121,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE68

secondary

#B0B0D2

accent

#58D05B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE68

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

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