#BCBC78#BCBC78

#BCBC78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.089 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC78
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -10.35, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 35.97, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.028 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.089 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1129, 48.0147, 24.8150)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC78 #7878BC

analogous

#BC9A78 #BCBC78 #9ABC78

triadic

#BCBC78 #78BCBC #BC78BC

tetradic

#BCBC78 #78BC9A #7878BC #BC789A

square

#BCBC78 #78BC9A #7878BC #BC789A

split-complementary

#BCBC78 #789ABC #9A78BC

monochromatic

#7C7C3E #A5A552 #BCBC78 #D0D0A1 #E5E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BCBC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC78

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC78	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.089 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a0',
    500: '#bcbc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc78;
$custom-light: #d1d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77942,
    "c": 0.08908,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC78

secondary

#BBBBD5

accent

#39AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC78

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

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