#BCB79E#BCB79E

#BCB79E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.035 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB79E
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -2.49, 13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 13.59, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0047 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.035 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8436, 47.0275, 39.1087)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB79E #9EA3BC

analogous

#BCA89E #BCB79E #B2BC9E

triadic

#BCB79E #9EBCB7 #B79EBC

tetradic

#BCB79E #9EBCA8 #9EA3BC #BC9EB2

square

#BCB79E #9EBCA8 #9EA3BC #BC9EB2

split-complementary

#BCB79E #9EB2BC #A89EBC

monochromatic

#847D5B #A39C7A #BCB79E #D5D2C2 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCB79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB79E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB79E	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.035 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccba',
    500: '#bcb79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb79e;
$custom-light: #d0ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77678,
    "c": 0.03485,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB79E

secondary

#D6D8E0

accent

#579D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB79E

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

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