#BCBE70#BCBE70

#BCBE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.101 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE70
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 112)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 41.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -12.28, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 40.97, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0341 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.101 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0777, 48.6889, 22.5074)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE70 #7270BE

analogous

#BE9970 #BCBE70 #95BE70

triadic

#BCBE70 #70BCBE #BE70BC

tetradic

#BCBE70 #70BE99 #7270BE #BE7095

square

#BCBE70 #70BE99 #7270BE #BE7095

split-complementary

#BCBE70 #7095BE #9970BE

monochromatic

#7A7B38 #A3A64B #BCBE70 #D0D19A #E3E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCBE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE70

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE70	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.101 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19a',
    500: '#bcbe70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe70;
$custom-light: #d1d19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78241,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE70

secondary

#B6B6D4

accent

#5ACD5D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE70

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

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