#BCBE78#BCBE78

#BCBE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.092 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE78
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 36.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -11.38, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 36.94, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0309 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.092 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5431, 48.8751, 24.9584)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE78 #7A78BE

analogous

#BE9D78 #BCBE78 #99BE78

triadic

#BCBE78 #78BCBE #BE78BC

tetradic

#BCBE78 #78BE9D #7A78BE #BE7899

square

#BCBE78 #78BE9D #7A78BE #BE7899

split-complementary

#BCBE78 #7899BE #9D78BE

monochromatic

#7D7F3D #A5A851 #BCBE78 #D1D2A1 #E5E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCBE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE78

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE78	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.092 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a0',
    500: '#bcbe78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe78;
$custom-light: #d1d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78371,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE78

secondary

#BCBCD6

accent

#38AE3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE78

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

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