#BCB779#BCB779

#BCB779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.082 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB779
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -7.63, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 33.09, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0201 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.082 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1242, 45.9397, 24.7864)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB779 #797EBC

analogous

#BC9579 #BCB779 #9FBC79

triadic

#BCB779 #79BCB7 #B779BC

tetradic

#BCB779 #79BC95 #797EBC #BC799F

square

#BCB779 #79BC95 #797EBC #BC799F

split-complementary

#BCB779 #799FBC #9579BC

monochromatic

#7C783E #A59F53 #BCB779 #D0CDA2 #E5E3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCB779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB779

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB779	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.082 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cca0',
    500: '#bcb779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb779;
$custom-light: #d1cca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76894,
    "c": 0.08195,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB779

secondary

#BCBED5

accent

#42AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB779

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

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