#BCBE71#BCBE71

#BCBE71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.100 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE71
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 113)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 40.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -12.17, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 40.47, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0337 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.1 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1337, 48.7113, 22.8023)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE71 #7371BE

analogous

#BE9A71 #BCBE71 #96BE71

triadic

#BCBE71 #71BCBE #BE71BC

tetradic

#BCBE71 #71BE9A #7371BE #BE7196

square

#BCBE71 #71BE9A #7371BE #BE7196

split-complementary

#BCBE71 #7196BE #9A71BE

monochromatic

#7A7C39 #A4A64C #BCBE71 #D0D19B #E4E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCBE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE71

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE71	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#C9B86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.100 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19b',
    500: '#bcbe71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe71;
$custom-light: #d1d19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 37.198,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78256,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE71

secondary

#B7B6D4

accent

#5BCD5E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE71

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

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