#BCBF74#BCBF74

#BCBF74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.097 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF74
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 39.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -12.35, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 39.45, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.034 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.097 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5227, 49.2147, 23.7789)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF74 #7774BF

analogous

#BF9C74 #BCBF74 #96BF74

triadic

#BCBF74 #74BCBF #BF74BC

tetradic

#BCBF74 #74BF9C #7774BF #BF7496

square

#BCBF74 #74BF9C #7774BF #BF7496

split-complementary

#BCBF74 #7496BF #9C74BF

monochromatic

#7C7E3A #A5A84D #BCBF74 #D0D29E #E4E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBF74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCBF74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF74

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF74	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)

#CAB96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.097 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d29d',
    500: '#bcbf74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf74;
$custom-light: #d1d29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78519,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF74

secondary

#BAB9D6

accent

#36B03B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF74

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

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