#bcbd56

Color #bcbd56

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 13.02 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 12.9

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbd56

RGB

rgb(188, 189, 86)

HSL

hsl(60.6, 43.8%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60.6, 54.5%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.5%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(74.67, -14.22, 51.05)

LCH

lch(74.67, 52.99, 105.57)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.1262, 109.54)

HWB

hwb(60.6, 33.7%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5756bd

Analogous

#bd8a56

#bcbd56

#88bd56

Triadic

#bcbd56

#56bcbd

#bd56bc

Split-complementary

#bcbd56

#5688bd

#8a56bd

Tetradic

#bcbd56

#56bd57

#5756bd

#bd56bc

Square

#bcbd56

#56bd8a

#5756bd

#bd5688

Shades

Color #bcbd56 mixed toward black.

#a4a540

#838433

#626327

#41421a

#21210d

Tints

Color #bcbd56 mixed toward white.

#c7c872

#d2d38e

#dddeaa

#e9e9c7

#f4f4e3

Tones

Color #bcbd56 mixed toward gray.

#b3b45f

#abac67

#a3a370

#9a9b78

#929281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbc7a · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#bcbc81 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#bc8f93 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbd56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbd56]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bcbd56 (#bcbd56) is rgb(188, 189, 86) in RGB.

No, #bcbd56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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