#BCB79D#BCB79D

#BCB79D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.036 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB79D
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(50, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -2.65, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 14.12, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0051 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.036 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7579, 46.9932, 38.6572)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB79D #9DA2BC

analogous

#BCA89D #BCB79D #B1BC9D

triadic

#BCB79D #9DBCB7 #B79DBC

tetradic

#BCB79D #9DBCA8 #9DA2BC #BC9DB1

square

#BCB79D #9DBCA8 #9DA2BC #BC9DB1

split-complementary

#BCB79D #9DB1BC #A89DBC

monochromatic

#847D5A #A39C79 #BCB79D #D5D2C1 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCB79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB79D

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB79D	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.036 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccba',
    500: '#bcb79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb79d;
$custom-light: #d0ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77653,
    "c": 0.03618,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB79D

secondary

#D6D7DF

accent

#569D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB79D

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

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