#BCBE81#BCBE81

#BCBE81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.081 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE81
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 129)
HSL	hsl(62, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 32.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -10.29, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 32.33, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0273 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.081 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1152, 49.1039, 27.9713)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE81 #8381BE

analogous

#BEA181 #BCBE81 #9EBE81

triadic

#BCBE81 #81BCBE #BE81BC

tetradic

#BCBE81 #81BEA1 #8381BE #BE819E

square

#BCBE81 #81BEA1 #8381BE #BE819E

split-complementary

#BCBE81 #819EBE #A181BE

monochromatic

#808243 #A7A959 #BCBE81 #D1D3A9 #E7E8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCBE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE81

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE81	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.081 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a6',
    500: '#bcbe81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe81;
$custom-light: #d1d1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7853,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE81

secondary

#C3C2D8

accent

#3BAB3E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE81

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

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