#BCBD78#BCBD78

#BCBD78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.090 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD78
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 120)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -10.86, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 36.45, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0294 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.09 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.3272, 48.4434, 24.8864)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD78 #7978BD

analogous

#BD9B78 #BCBD78 #99BD78

triadic

#BCBD78 #78BCBD #BD78BC

tetradic

#BCBD78 #78BD9B #7978BD #BD7899

square

#BCBD78 #78BD9B #7978BD #BD7899

split-complementary

#BCBD78 #7899BD #9B78BD

monochromatic

#7C7D3D #A5A651 #BCBD78 #D0D1A1 #E5E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCBD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD78

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD78	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.090 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a0',
    500: '#bcbd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd78;
$custom-light: #d1d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78156,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD78

secondary

#BCBBD6

accent

#38AD3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD78

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

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