#BCBE76#BCBE76

#BCBE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.094 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE76
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 118)
HSL	hsl(62, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 37.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -11.61, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 37.95, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0317 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.094 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4230, 48.8270, 24.3258)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE76 #7876BE

analogous

#BE9C76 #BCBE76 #98BE76

triadic

#BCBE76 #76BCBE #BE76BC

tetradic

#BCBE76 #76BE9C #7876BE #BE7698

square

#BCBE76 #76BE9C #7876BE #BE7698

split-complementary

#BCBE76 #7698BE #9C76BE

monochromatic

#7C7E3C #A5A74F #BCBE76 #D0D2A0 #E5E5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCBE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE76

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE76	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.094 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19e',
    500: '#bcbe76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe76;
$custom-light: #d1d19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 35.644,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE76

secondary

#BBBAD6

accent

#37AF3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE76

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

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