#BCBE77#BCBE77

#BCBE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.093 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE77
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 119)
HSL	hsl(62, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 37.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -11.50, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 37.44, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0313 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.093 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4827, 48.8509, 24.6404)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE77 #7977BE

analogous

#BE9C77 #BCBE77 #98BE77

triadic

#BCBE77 #77BCBE #BE77BC

tetradic

#BCBE77 #77BE9C #7977BE #BE7798

square

#BCBE77 #77BE9C #7977BE #BE7798

split-complementary

#BCBE77 #7798BE #9C77BE

monochromatic

#7C7E3C #A5A850 #BCBE77 #D0D2A0 #E5E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCBE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE77

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE77	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)

#C8B872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.093 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d19f',
    500: '#bcbe77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe77;
$custom-light: #d1d19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 35.323,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78354,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE77

secondary

#BCBBD6

accent

#37AE3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE77

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

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