#BCBE74#BCBE74

#BCBE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.096 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE74
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -11.84, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 38.96, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0325 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.096 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3054, 48.7800, 23.7065)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE74 #7674BE

analogous

#BE9B74 #BCBE74 #97BE74

triadic

#BCBE74 #74BCBE #BE74BC

tetradic

#BCBE74 #74BE9B #7674BE #BE7497

square

#BCBE74 #74BE9B #7674BE #BE7497

split-complementary

#BCBE74 #7497BE #9B74BE

monochromatic

#7B7D3A #A4A74E #BCBE74 #D0D29E #E4E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCBE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE74

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE74	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.096 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19d',
    500: '#bcbe74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe74;
$custom-light: #d1d19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78304,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE74

secondary

#B9B9D5

accent

#5CCC5F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE74

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

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