#BCBB73#BCBB73

#BCBB73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.094 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB73
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -10.40, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 38.03, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0285 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.094 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6045, 47.4707, 23.1874)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB73 #7374BC

analogous

#BC9773 #BCBB73 #99BC73

triadic

#BCBB73 #73BCBB #BB73BC

tetradic

#BCBB73 #73BC97 #7374BC #BC7399

square

#BCBB73 #73BC97 #7374BC #BC7399

split-complementary

#BCBB73 #7399BC #9773BC

monochromatic

#7A793A #A4A24E #BCBB73 #D0CF9C #E4E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCBB73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB73

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB73	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)

#C6B66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.094 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9c',
    500: '#bcbb73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb73;
$custom-light: #d1cf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77644,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB73

secondary

#B7B8D4

accent

#5ECB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB73

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

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