#BCBB6D#BCBB6D

#BCBB6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.100 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB6D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -11.06, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 41.05, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0308 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.1 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2704, 47.3370, 21.4280)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB6D #6D6EBC

analogous

#BC936D #BCBB6D #95BC6D

triadic

#BCBB6D #6DBCBB #BB6DBC

tetradic

#BCBB6D #6DBC93 #6D6EBC #BC6D95

square

#BCBB6D #6DBC93 #6D6EBC #BC6D95

split-complementary

#BCBB6D #6D95BC #936DBC

monochromatic

#787737 #A2A14A #BCBB6D #CFCF97 #E3E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBB6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCBB6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB6D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB6D	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.100 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf98',
    500: '#bcbb6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb6d;
$custom-light: #d1cf98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77549,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB6D

secondary

#B3B3D2

accent

#5CCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB6D

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

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