#BCBA78#BCBA78

#BCBA78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.087 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA78
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -9.31, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 35.01, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.025 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.087 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6886, 47.1661, 24.6735)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA78 #787ABC

analogous

#BC9878 #BCBA78 #9CBC78

triadic

#BCBA78 #78BCBA #BA78BC

tetradic

#BCBA78 #78BC98 #787ABC #BC789C

square

#BCBA78 #78BC98 #787ABC #BC789C

split-complementary

#BCBA78 #789CBC #9878BC

monochromatic

#7C7A3E #A5A252 #BCBA78 #D0CFA1 #E5E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCBA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA78

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA78	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.087 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cea0',
    500: '#bcba78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba78;
$custom-light: #d1cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77515,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA78

secondary

#BBBCD5

accent

#3CAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA78

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

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