#BCB478#BCB478

#BCB478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.080 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB478
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -6.18, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 32.26, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.016 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.08 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4510, 44.6910, 24.2610)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB478 #7880BC

analogous

#BC9278 #BCB478 #A2BC78

triadic

#BCB478 #78BCB4 #B478BC

tetradic

#BCB478 #78BC92 #7880BC #BC78A2

square

#BCB478 #78BC92 #7880BC #BC78A2

split-complementary

#BCB478 #78A2BC #9278BC

monochromatic

#7C753E #A59B52 #BCB478 #D0CBA1 #E5E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCB478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB478

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB478	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.080 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca9f',
    500: '#bcb478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb478;
$custom-light: #d1ca9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7624,
    "c": 0.07977,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB478

secondary

#BBBED5

accent

#47AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB478

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

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