#BCBF73#BCBF73

#BCBF73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.099 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF73
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 115)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -12.46, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 39.95, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0344 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.099 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4649, 49.1915, 23.4742)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF73 #7673BF

analogous

#BF9C73 #BCBF73 #96BF73

triadic

#BCBF73 #73BCBF #BF73BC

tetradic

#BCBF73 #73BF9C #7673BF #BF7396

square

#BCBF73 #73BF9C #7673BF #BF7396

split-complementary

#BCBF73 #7396BF #9C73BF

monochromatic

#7B7E3A #A4A84D #BCBF73 #D0D29D #E4E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBF73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCBF73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF73

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF73	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.099 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d29c',
    500: '#bcbf73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf73;
$custom-light: #d1d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78503,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF73

secondary

#B9B8D6

accent

#5BCD5F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF73

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

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