#BCBE73#BCBE73

#BCBE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.097 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE73
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -11.95, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 39.47, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0329 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.097 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2475, 48.7569, 23.4018)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE73 #7573BE

analogous

#BE9B73 #BCBE73 #97BE73

triadic

#BCBE73 #73BCBE #BE73BC

tetradic

#BCBE73 #73BE9B #7573BE #BE7397

square

#BCBE73 #73BE9B #7573BE #BE7397

split-complementary

#BCBE73 #7397BE #9B73BE

monochromatic

#7B7D3A #A4A64D #BCBE73 #D0D19D #E4E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE73

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE73	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)

#C9B86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.097 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19c',
    500: '#bcbe73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe73;
$custom-light: #d1d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78288,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE73

secondary

#B9B8D5

accent

#5BCD5E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE73

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

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