#BCB79A#BCB79A

#BCB79A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.040 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB79A
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 18.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -3.12, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 15.72, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0064 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.04 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5049, 46.8920, 37.3248)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB79A #9A9FBC

analogous

#BCA69A #BCB79A #B0BC9A

triadic

#BCB79A #9ABCB7 #B79ABC

tetradic

#BCB79A #9ABCA6 #9A9FBC #BC9AB0

square

#BCB79A #9ABCA6 #9A9FBC #BC9AB0

split-complementary

#BCB79A #9AB0BC #A69ABC

monochromatic

#847D58 #A49D75 #BCB79A #D4D1BF #EDEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCB79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB79A

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB79A	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.040 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccb7',
    500: '#bcb79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb79a;
$custom-light: #d0ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77581,
    "c": 0.04015,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB79A

secondary

#D4D5DE

accent

#549F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB79A

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

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