#BCBC74#BCBC74

#BCBC74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.094 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC74
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -10.81, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 38.00, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0296 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.094 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8752, 47.9196, 23.5631)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC74 #7474BC

analogous

#BC9874 #BCBC74 #98BC74

triadic

#BCBC74 #74BCBC #BC74BC

tetradic

#BCBC74 #74BC98 #7474BC #BC7498

square

#BCBC74 #74BC98 #7474BC #BC7498

split-complementary

#BCBC74 #7498BC #9874BC

monochromatic

#7B7B3B #A4A44F #BCBC74 #D0D09D #E4E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCBC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC74

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC74	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#C7B66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.094 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09d',
    500: '#bcbc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc74;
$custom-light: #d1d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC74

secondary

#B8B8D4

accent

#5DCB5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC74

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

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