#BCB79F#BCB79F

#BCB79F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.034 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB79F
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 159)
HSL	hsl(50, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -2.34, 12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 13.06, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0043 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.034 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9301, 47.0621, 39.5638)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB79F #9FA4BC

analogous

#BCA89F #BCB79F #B2BC9F

triadic

#BCB79F #9FBCB7 #B79FBC

tetradic

#BCB79F #9FBCA8 #9FA4BC #BC9FB2

square

#BCB79F #9FBCA8 #9FA4BC #BC9FB2

split-complementary

#BCB79F #9FB2BC #A89FBC

monochromatic

#847D5C #A39C7B #BCB79F #D5D2C3 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCB79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB79F

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB79F	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)

#BCB59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.034 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccbb',
    500: '#bcb79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb79f;
$custom-light: #d0ccbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77703,
    "c": 0.03352,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB79F

secondary

#D7D8E0

accent

#589C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB79F

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

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