#BCB978#BCB978

#BCB978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.085 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB978
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -8.79, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 34.54, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0235 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.085 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.4787, 46.7462, 24.6036)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB978 #787BBC

analogous

#BC9778 #BCB978 #9DBC78

triadic

#BCB978 #78BCB9 #B978BC

tetradic

#BCB978 #78BC97 #787BBC #BC789D

square

#BCB978 #78BC97 #787BBC #BC789D

split-complementary

#BCB978 #789DBC #9778BC

monochromatic

#7C793E #A5A152 #BCB978 #D0CEA1 #E5E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB978

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB978	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.085 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cda0',
    500: '#bcb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb978;
$custom-light: #d1cda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77301,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.46745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB978

secondary

#BBBCD5

accent

#3EAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB978

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

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