#BCBC73#BCBC73

#BCBC73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.095 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC73
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -10.92, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 38.51, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.03 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.095 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8173, 47.8964, 23.2584)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC73 #7373BC

analogous

#BC9873 #BCBC73 #98BC73

triadic

#BCBC73 #73BCBC #BC73BC

tetradic

#BCBC73 #73BC98 #7373BC #BC7398

square

#BCBC73 #73BC98 #7373BC #BC7398

split-complementary

#BCBC73 #7398BC #9873BC

monochromatic

#7A7A3A #A4A44E #BCBC73 #D0D09C #E4E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCBC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC73

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC73	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.095 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09c',
    500: '#bcbc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc73;
$custom-light: #d1d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77859,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC73

secondary

#B7B7D4

accent

#5CCB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC73

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

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