#BCBB74#BCBB74

#BCBB74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.093 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB74
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -10.29, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 37.53, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0281 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.093 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6623, 47.4938, 23.4921)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB74 #7475BC

analogous

#BC9774 #BCBB74 #99BC74

triadic

#BCBB74 #74BCBB #BB74BC

tetradic

#BCBB74 #74BC97 #7475BC #BC7499

square

#BCBB74 #74BC97 #7475BC #BC7499

split-complementary

#BCBB74 #7499BC #9774BC

monochromatic

#7B7A3B #A4A34F #BCBB74 #D0CF9D #E4E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCBB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB74

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB74	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.093 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9d',
    500: '#bcbb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb74;
$custom-light: #d1cf9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77661,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB74

secondary

#B8B8D4

accent

#5ECB5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB74

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

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