#BCBE6E#BCBE6E

#BCBE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.103 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE6E
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 110)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 42.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -12.49, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 41.97, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0349 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.103 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9676, 48.6449, 21.9274)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE6E #706EBE

analogous

#BE986E #BCBE6E #94BE6E

triadic

#BCBE6E #6EBCBE #BE6EBC

tetradic

#BCBE6E #6EBE98 #706EBE #BE6E94

square

#BCBE6E #6EBE98 #706EBE #BE6E94

split-complementary

#BCBE6E #6E94BE #986EBE

monochromatic

#797B37 #A3A54A #BCBE6E #D0D198 #E3E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE6E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE6E	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.103 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d199',
    500: '#bcbe6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe6e;
$custom-light: #d1d199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7821,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE6E

secondary

#B5B4D4

accent

#5ACE5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE6E

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

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