#BCBD71#BCBD71

#BCBD71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.098 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD71
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 113)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -11.66, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 39.99, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0322 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.098 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9179, 48.2796, 22.7303)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD71 #7271BD

analogous

#BD9871 #BCBD71 #96BD71

triadic

#BCBD71 #71BCBD #BD71BC

tetradic

#BCBD71 #71BD98 #7271BD #BD7196

square

#BCBD71 #71BD98 #7271BD #BD7196

split-complementary

#BCBD71 #7196BD #9871BD

monochromatic

#7A7B39 #A3A44C #BCBD71 #D0D09B #E3E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD71

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD71	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.098 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09b',
    500: '#bcbd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd71;
$custom-light: #d1d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78041,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD71

secondary

#B6B6D4

accent

#5BCD5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD71

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

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