#BCBC71#BCBC71

#BCBC71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.097 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC71
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -11.14, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 39.52, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0308 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.097 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7035, 47.8509, 22.6589)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC71 #7171BC

analogous

#BC9771 #BCBC71 #97BC71

triadic

#BCBC71 #71BCBC #BC71BC

tetradic

#BCBC71 #71BC97 #7171BC #BC7197

square

#BCBC71 #71BC97 #7171BC #BC7197

split-complementary

#BCBC71 #7197BC #9771BC

monochromatic

#797939 #A3A34D #BCBC71 #D0D09B #E3E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBC71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCBC71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC71

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC71	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.097 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09b',
    500: '#bcbc71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc71;
$custom-light: #d1d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77826,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC71

secondary

#B6B6D3

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC71

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

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