#BCBB79#BCBB79

#BCBB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.087 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB79
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -9.71, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 34.97, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0261 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.087 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9610, 47.6133, 25.0653)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB79 #797ABC

analogous

#BC9979 #BCBB79 #9BBC79

triadic

#BCBB79 #79BCBB #BB79BC

tetradic

#BCBB79 #79BC99 #797ABC #BC799B

square

#BCBB79 #79BC99 #797ABC #BC799B

split-complementary

#BCBB79 #799BBC #9979BC

monochromatic

#7C7B3E #A5A453 #BCBB79 #D0D0A2 #E5E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCBB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB79

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB79	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.087 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfa0',
    500: '#bcbb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb79;
$custom-light: #d1cfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.08669,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB79

secondary

#BCBCD5

accent

#3BAC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB79

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

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