#BCB178#BCB178

#BCB178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.077 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB178
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -4.60, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 30.96, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0114 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.077 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8520, 43.4928, 24.0613)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB178 #7883BC

analogous

#BC8F78 #BCB178 #A5BC78

triadic

#BCB178 #78BCB1 #B178BC

tetradic

#BCB178 #78BC8F #7883BC #BC78A5

square

#BCB178 #78BC8F #7883BC #BC78A5

split-complementary

#BCB178 #78A5BC #8F78BC

monochromatic

#7C723E #A59852 #BCB178 #D0C9A1 #E5E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB178

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB178	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.077 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c89f',
    500: '#bcb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb178;
$custom-light: #d1c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB178

secondary

#BBBFD5

accent

#4CAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB178

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

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