#BCC978#BCC978

#BCC978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.106 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC978
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 40.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -16.97, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 42.49, 113.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0469 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.106 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0161, 53.8211, 25.7827)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC978 #8578C9

analogous

#C9AE78 #BCC978 #93C978

triadic

#BCC978 #78BCC9 #C978BC

tetradic

#BCC978 #78C9AE #8578C9 #C97893

square

#BCC978 #78C9AE #8578C9 #C97893

split-complementary

#BCC978 #7893C9 #AE78C9

monochromatic

#808E39 #A6B84C #BCC978 #D2DAA4 #E7ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BCC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC978

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC978	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.106 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9a0',
    500: '#bcc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc978;
$custom-light: #d1d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.63,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80748,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC978

secondary

#5B5095

accent

#30B645

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC978

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

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