#BCBF78#BCBF78

#BCBF78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.093 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF78
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -11.89, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 37.43, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0324 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.093 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7604, 49.3097, 25.0308)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF78 #7B78BF

analogous

#BF9E78 #BCBF78 #98BF78

triadic

#BCBF78 #78BCBF #BF78BC

tetradic

#BCBF78 #78BF9E #7B78BF #BF7898

square

#BCBF78 #78BF9E #7B78BF #BF7898

split-complementary

#BCBF78 #7898BF #9E78BF

monochromatic

#7D803D #A6A950 #BCBF78 #D1D3A2 #E5E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBF78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCBF78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF78

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF78	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.093 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2a0',
    500: '#bcbf78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf78;
$custom-light: #d1d2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78586,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF78

secondary

#BDBCD7

accent

#37AF3C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF78

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

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