#BCBB70#BCBB70

#BCBB70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.097 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB70
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -10.73, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 39.55, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0297 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.097 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4346, 47.4028, 22.2930)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB70 #7071BC

analogous

#BC9570 #BCBB70 #97BC70

triadic

#BCBB70 #70BCBB #BB70BC

tetradic

#BCBB70 #70BC95 #7071BC #BC7097

square

#BCBB70 #70BC95 #7071BC #BC7097

split-complementary

#BCBB70 #7097BC #9570BC

monochromatic

#797839 #A3A14C #BCBB70 #D0CF9A #E3E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCBB70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB70

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB70	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.097 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9a',
    500: '#bcbb70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb70;
$custom-light: #d1cf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77596,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB70

secondary

#B5B5D3

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB70

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

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