#BCBD74#BCBD74

#BCBD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.095 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD74
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -11.32, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 38.48, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.031 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.095 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0895, 48.3483, 23.6345)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD74 #7574BD

analogous

#BD9A74 #BCBD74 #98BD74

triadic

#BCBD74 #74BCBD #BD74BC

tetradic

#BCBD74 #74BD9A #7574BD #BD7498

square

#BCBD74 #74BD9A #7574BD #BD7498

split-complementary

#BCBD74 #7498BD #9A74BD

monochromatic

#7B7C3B #A4A54E #BCBD74 #D0D19D #E4E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD74

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD74	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.095 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09d',
    500: '#bcbd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd74;
$custom-light: #d1d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD74

secondary

#B9B8D5

accent

#5CCC5E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD74

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

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