#BCBD73#BCBD73

#BCBD73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.096 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD73
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 115)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -11.44, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 38.98, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0314 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.096 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0317, 48.3252, 23.3299)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD73 #7473BD

analogous

#BD9973 #BCBD73 #97BD73

triadic

#BCBD73 #73BCBD #BD73BC

tetradic

#BCBD73 #73BD99 #7473BD #BD7397

square

#BCBD73 #73BD99 #7473BD #BD7397

split-complementary

#BCBD73 #7397BD #9973BD

monochromatic

#7B7B3A #A4A54E #BCBD73 #D0D19D #E4E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD73

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD73	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)

#C8B76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.096 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09c',
    500: '#bcbd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd73;
$custom-light: #d1d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78073,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD73

secondary

#B8B8D4

accent

#5CCC5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD73

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

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