#BCBA79#BCBA79

#BCBA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.085 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA79
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -9.19, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 34.50, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0246 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.085 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7496, 47.1905, 24.9948)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA79 #797BBC

analogous

#BC9879 #BCBA79 #9CBC79

triadic

#BCBA79 #79BCBA #BA79BC

tetradic

#BCBA79 #79BC98 #797BBC #BC799C

square

#BCBA79 #79BC98 #797BBC #BC799C

split-complementary

#BCBA79 #799CBC #9879BC

monochromatic

#7C7B3E #A5A353 #BCBA79 #D0CFA2 #E5E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BCBA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA79

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA79	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.085 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cea0',
    500: '#bcba79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba79;
$custom-light: #d1cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77532,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA79

secondary

#BCBCD5

accent

#3DAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA79

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

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