#BCB378#BCB378

#BCB378 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.079 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB378
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -5.65, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 31.82, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0145 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.079 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2499, 44.2887, 24.1940)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB378 #7881BC

analogous

#BC9178 #BCB378 #A3BC78

triadic

#BCB378 #78BCB3 #B378BC

tetradic

#BCB378 #78BC91 #7881BC #BC78A3

square

#BCB378 #78BC91 #7881BC #BC78A3

split-complementary

#BCB378 #78A3BC #9178BC

monochromatic

#7C743E #A59A52 #BCB378 #D0CAA1 #E5E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BCB378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB378

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB378	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.079 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c99f',
    500: '#bcb378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb378;
$custom-light: #d1c99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76029,
    "c": 0.07868,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB378

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#48AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB378

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

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