#BCBD77#BCBD77

#BCBD77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.091 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD77
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 119)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -10.98, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 36.96, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0298 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.091 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.2669, 48.4192, 24.5685)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD77 #7877BD

analogous

#BD9B77 #BCBD77 #99BD77

triadic

#BCBD77 #77BCBD #BD77BC

tetradic

#BCBD77 #77BD9B #7877BD #BD7799

square

#BCBD77 #77BD9B #7877BD #BD7799

split-complementary

#BCBD77 #7799BD #9B77BD

monochromatic

#7C7D3D #A5A651 #BCBD77 #D0D1A0 #E5E5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCBD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD77

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD77	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.091 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d09f',
    500: '#bcbd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd77;
$custom-light: #d1d09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78139,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD77

secondary

#BBBBD5

accent

#38AD3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD77

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

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