#BCBE6A#BCBE6A

#BCBE6A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.107 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE6A
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 106)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 44.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -12.91, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 43.94, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0364 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.107 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7547, 48.5597, 20.8063)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE6A #6C6ABE

analogous

#BE966A #BCBE6A #92BE6A

triadic

#BCBE6A #6ABCBE #BE6ABC

tetradic

#BCBE6A #6ABE96 #6C6ABE #BE6A92

square

#BCBE6A #6ABE96 #6C6ABE #BE6A92

split-complementary

#BCBE6A #6A92BE #966ABE

monochromatic

#777935 #A1A347 #BCBE6A #CFD195 #E2E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE6A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE6A	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)

#CAB863

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.107 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d196',
    500: '#bcbe6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe6a;
$custom-light: #d2d196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7815,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE6A

secondary

#B2B1D3

accent

#59CF5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE6A

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

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