#BCBB72#BCBB72

#BCBB72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.095 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB72
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -10.52, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 38.54, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0289 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.095 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5472, 47.4478, 22.8860)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB72 #7273BC

analogous

#BC9672 #BCBB72 #98BC72

triadic

#BCBB72 #72BCBB #BB72BC

tetradic

#BCBB72 #72BC96 #7273BC #BC7298

square

#BCBB72 #72BC96 #7273BC #BC7298

split-complementary

#BCBB72 #7298BC #9672BC

monochromatic

#7A793A #A3A24E #BCBB72 #D0CF9B #E3E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCBB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB72

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB72	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.095 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9b',
    500: '#bcbb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb72;
$custom-light: #d1cf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB72

secondary

#B6B7D3

accent

#5ECC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB72

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

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