#BCBC72#BCBC72

#BCBC72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.096 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC72
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -11.03, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 39.01, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0304 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.096 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7601, 47.8736, 22.9570)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC72 #7272BC

analogous

#BC9772 #BCBC72 #97BC72

triadic

#BCBC72 #72BCBC #BC72BC

tetradic

#BCBC72 #72BC97 #7272BC #BC7297

square

#BCBC72 #72BC97 #7272BC #BC7297

split-complementary

#BCBC72 #7297BC #9772BC

monochromatic

#7A7A3A #A3A34E #BCBC72 #D0D09B #E3E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCBC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC72

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC72	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)

#C7B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.096 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09b',
    500: '#bcbc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc72;
$custom-light: #d1d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77842,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC72

secondary

#B6B6D3

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC72

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

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