#BCB079#BCB079

#BCB079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.074 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB079
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -3.95, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 30.02, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0095 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.074 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7162, 43.1236, 24.3170)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB079 #7985BC

analogous

#BC8E79 #BCB079 #A6BC79

triadic

#BCB079 #79BCB0 #B079BC

tetradic

#BCB079 #79BC8E #7985BC #BC79A6

square

#BCB079 #79BC8E #7985BC #BC79A6

split-complementary

#BCB079 #79A6BC #8E79BC

monochromatic

#7C713E #A59653 #BCB079 #D0C8A2 #E5E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCB079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCB079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB079

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB079	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.074 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c7a0',
    500: '#bcb079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb079;
$custom-light: #d1c7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.07436,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB079

secondary

#BCC0D5

accent

#4EAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB079

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

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