#BCB79B#BCB79B

#BCB79B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.039 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB79B
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -2.96, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 15.19, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.006 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.039 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5886, 46.9255, 37.7653)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB79B #9BA0BC

analogous

#BCA79B #BCB79B #B1BC9B

triadic

#BCB79B #9BBCB7 #B79BBC

tetradic

#BCB79B #9BBCA7 #9BA0BC #BC9BB1

square

#BCB79B #9BBCA7 #9BA0BC #BC9BB1

split-complementary

#BCB79B #9BB1BC #A79BBC

monochromatic

#847D59 #A39D76 #BCB79B #D5D1C0 #EDECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCB79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB79B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB79B	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.039 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccb8',
    500: '#bcb79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb79b;
$custom-light: #d0ccb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77605,
    "c": 0.03882,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB79B

secondary

#D4D6DF

accent

#559E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB79B

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

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