#BCBE75#BCBE75

#BCBE75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.095 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE75
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 117)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 38.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -11.72, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 38.46, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0321 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.095 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3639, 48.8034, 24.0145)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE75 #7775BE

analogous

#BE9C75 #BCBE75 #97BE75

triadic

#BCBE75 #75BCBE #BE75BC

tetradic

#BCBE75 #75BE9C #7775BE #BE7597

square

#BCBE75 #75BE9C #7775BE #BE7597

split-complementary

#BCBE75 #7597BE #9C75BE

monochromatic

#7C7D3B #A5A74F #BCBE75 #D0D29F #E4E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCBE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE75

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE75	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)

#C9B86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.095 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19e',
    500: '#bcbe75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe75;
$custom-light: #d1d19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 35.961,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78321,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE75

secondary

#BAB9D5

accent

#37AF3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE75

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

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