#BCBF72#BCBF72

#BCBF72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.100 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF72
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -12.57, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 40.45, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0348 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.1 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4076, 49.1686, 23.1728)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF72 #7572BF

analogous

#BF9C72 #BCBF72 #95BF72

triadic

#BCBF72 #72BCBF #BF72BC

tetradic

#BCBF72 #72BF9C #7572BF #BF7295

square

#BCBF72 #72BF9C #7572BF #BF7295

split-complementary

#BCBF72 #7295BF #9C72BF

monochromatic

#7B7E39 #A4A84C #BCBF72 #D0D29C #E4E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCBF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF72

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF72	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.100 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d29c',
    500: '#bcbf72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf72;
$custom-light: #d1d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF72

secondary

#B9B8D5

accent

#5ACE5F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF72

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

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