#BCBE7D#BCBE7D

#BCBE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.086 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE7D
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 125)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 34.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -10.78, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 34.38, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0289 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.086 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8545, 48.9996, 26.5984)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE7D #7F7DBE

analogous

#BEA07D #BCBE7D #9CBE7D

triadic

#BCBE7D #7DBCBE #BE7DBC

tetradic

#BCBE7D #7DBEA0 #7F7DBE #BE7D9C

square

#BCBE7D #7DBEA0 #7F7DBE #BE7D9C

split-complementary

#BCBE7D #7D9CBE #A07DBE

monochromatic

#7E8040 #A7A955 #BCBE7D #D1D2A6 #E6E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCBE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE7D

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE7D	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.086 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a3',
    500: '#bcbe7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe7d;
$custom-light: #d1d1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78458,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE7D

secondary

#C0BFD7

accent

#39AC3D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE7D

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

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