#BCB79C#BCB79C

#BCB79C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.037 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB79C
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -2.81, 14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 14.66, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0056 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.038 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6729, 46.9592, 38.2094)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB79C #9CA1BC

analogous

#BCA79C #BCB79C #B1BC9C

triadic

#BCB79C #9CBCB7 #B79CBC

tetradic

#BCB79C #9CBCA7 #9CA1BC #BC9CB1

square

#BCB79C #9CBCA7 #9CA1BC #BC9CB1

split-complementary

#BCB79C #9CB1BC #A79CBC

monochromatic

#847D59 #A39C78 #BCB79C #D5D2C0 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCB79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB79C

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB79C	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)

#BDB59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.037 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccb9',
    500: '#bcb79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb79c;
$custom-light: #d0ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77629,
    "c": 0.0375,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB79C

secondary

#D5D6DF

accent

#559E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB79C

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

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