#BCB279#BCB279

#BCB279 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.076 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB279
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -5.01, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 30.87, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0125 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.076 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1112, 43.9137, 24.4487)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB279 #7983BC

analogous

#BC9079 #BCB279 #A4BC79

triadic

#BCB279 #79BCB2 #B279BC

tetradic

#BCB279 #79BC90 #7983BC #BC79A4

square

#BCB279 #79BC90 #7983BC #BC79A4

split-complementary

#BCB279 #79A4BC #9079BC

monochromatic

#7C733E #A59953 #BCB279 #D0C9A2 #E5E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCB279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCB279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB279

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB279	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.076 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c8a0',
    500: '#bcb279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb279;
$custom-light: #d1c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB279

secondary

#BCBFD5

accent

#4BAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB279

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

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