#BCBB78#BCBB78

#BCBB78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.088 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB78
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -9.83, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 35.49, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0265 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.088 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9000, 47.5889, 24.7440)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB78 #7879BC

analogous

#BC9978 #BCBB78 #9BBC78

triadic

#BCBB78 #78BCBB #BB78BC

tetradic

#BCBB78 #78BC99 #7879BC #BC789B

square

#BCBB78 #78BC99 #7879BC #BC789B

split-complementary

#BCBB78 #789BBC #9978BC

monochromatic

#7C7B3E #A5A452 #BCBB78 #D0D0A1 #E5E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCBB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB78

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB78	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.088 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa0',
    500: '#bcbb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb78;
$custom-light: #d1cfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77728,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB78

secondary

#BBBBD5

accent

#3BAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB78

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

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