#BCBD70#BCBD70

#BCBD70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.099 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD70
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 112)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -11.76, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 40.49, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0326 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.099 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8619, 48.2572, 22.4355)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD70 #7170BD

analogous

#BD9870 #BCBD70 #96BD70

triadic

#BCBD70 #70BCBD #BD70BC

tetradic

#BCBD70 #70BD98 #7170BD #BD7096

square

#BCBD70 #70BD98 #7170BD #BD7096

split-complementary

#BCBD70 #7096BD #9870BD

monochromatic

#797A38 #A3A44C #BCBD70 #D0D09A #E3E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BCBD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD70

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD70	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.099 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09a',
    500: '#bcbd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd70;
$custom-light: #d1d09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.779,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78025,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD70

secondary

#B6B5D4

accent

#5BCD5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD70

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

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