#BCBE72#BCBE72

#BCBE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.098 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE72
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -12.06, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 39.97, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0333 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.098 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1903, 48.7340, 23.1004)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE72 #7472BE

analogous

#BE9A72 #BCBE72 #96BE72

triadic

#BCBE72 #72BCBE #BE72BC

tetradic

#BCBE72 #72BE9A #7472BE #BE7296

square

#BCBE72 #72BE9A #7472BE #BE7296

split-complementary

#BCBE72 #7296BE #9A72BE

monochromatic

#7B7C39 #A4A64D #BCBE72 #D0D19C #E4E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE72

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE72	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.098 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19c',
    500: '#bcbe72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe72;
$custom-light: #d1d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78272,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE72

secondary

#B8B7D5

accent

#5BCD5E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE72

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

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