#BCBB77#BCBB77

#BCBB77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.089 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB77
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -9.95, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 36.00, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0269 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.089 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8396, 47.5648, 24.4261)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB77 #7778BC

analogous

#BC9877 #BCBB77 #9BBC77

triadic

#BCBB77 #77BCBB #BB77BC

tetradic

#BCBB77 #77BC98 #7778BC #BC779B

square

#BCBB77 #77BC98 #7778BC #BC779B

split-complementary

#BCBB77 #779BBC #9877BC

monochromatic

#7C7B3D #A5A351 #BCBB77 #D0CFA0 #E4E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCBB77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB77

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB77	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.089 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf9f',
    500: '#bcbb77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb77;
$custom-light: #d1cf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77711,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB77

secondary

#BABBD5

accent

#3AAD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB77

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

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