#BCBB71#BCBB71

#BCBB71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.096 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB71
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 113)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -10.63, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 39.05, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0293 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.096 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4906, 47.4251, 22.5879)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB71 #7172BC

analogous

#BC9671 #BCBB71 #98BC71

triadic

#BCBB71 #71BCBB #BB71BC

tetradic

#BCBB71 #71BC96 #7172BC #BC7198

square

#BCBB71 #71BC96 #7172BC #BC7198

split-complementary

#BCBB71 #7198BC #9671BC

monochromatic

#797839 #A3A24D #BCBB71 #D0CF9B #E3E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCBB71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB71

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB71	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)

#C6B56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.096 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9b',
    500: '#bcbb71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb71;
$custom-light: #d1cf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB71

secondary

#B6B6D3

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB71

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

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