#BCBE69#BCBE69

#BCBE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE69
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 105)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 44.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -13.01, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 44.43, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0368 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.108 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7030, 48.5391, 20.5340)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE69 #6B69BE

analogous

#BE9569 #BCBE69 #91BE69

triadic

#BCBE69 #69BCBE #BE69BC

tetradic

#BCBE69 #69BE95 #6B69BE #BE6991

square

#BCBE69 #69BE95 #6B69BE #BE6991

split-complementary

#BCBE69 #6991BE #9569BE

monochromatic

#777834 #A1A347 #BCBE69 #CFD194 #E2E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE69

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE69	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d195',
    500: '#bcbe69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe69;
$custom-light: #d2d195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.412,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78135,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE69

secondary

#B1B0D2

accent

#58CF5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE69

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

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