#BCB778#BCB778

#BCB778 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.083 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB778
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -7.75, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 33.61, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0205 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.083 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0632, 45.9153, 24.4651)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB778 #787DBC

analogous

#BC9578 #BCB778 #9FBC78

triadic

#BCB778 #78BCB7 #B778BC

tetradic

#BCB778 #78BC95 #787DBC #BC789F

square

#BCB778 #78BC95 #787DBC #BC789F

split-complementary

#BCB778 #789FBC #9578BC

monochromatic

#7C773E #A59F52 #BCB778 #D0CDA1 #E5E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BCB778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB778

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB778	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.083 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc9f',
    500: '#bcb778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb778;
$custom-light: #d1cc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76876,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB778

secondary

#BBBDD5

accent

#42AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB778

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

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