#BCBD72#BCBD72

#BCBD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.097 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD72
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -11.55, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 39.49, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0318 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.097 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9745, 48.3023, 23.0284)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD72 #7372BD

analogous

#BD9972 #BCBD72 #97BD72

triadic

#BCBD72 #72BCBD #BD72BC

tetradic

#BCBD72 #72BD99 #7372BD #BD7297

square

#BCBD72 #72BD99 #7372BD #BD7297

split-complementary

#BCBD72 #7297BD #9972BD

monochromatic

#7A7B3A #A4A54D #BCBD72 #D0D19C #E4E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD72

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD72	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)

#C8B76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.097 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09b',
    500: '#bcbd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd72;
$custom-light: #d1d09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD72

secondary

#B7B7D4

accent

#5CCC5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD72

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

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