#BCBC79#BCBC79

#BCBC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.088 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC79
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -10.23, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 35.45, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0276 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.088 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1739, 48.0391, 25.1363)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC79 #7979BC

analogous

#BC9A79 #BCBC79 #9ABC79

triadic

#BCBC79 #79BCBC #BC79BC

tetradic

#BCBC79 #79BC9A #7979BC #BC799A

square

#BCBC79 #79BC9A #7979BC #BC799A

split-complementary

#BCBC79 #799ABC #9A79BC

monochromatic

#7C7C3E #A5A553 #BCBC79 #D0D0A2 #E5E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCBC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCBC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC79

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC79	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.088 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a0',
    500: '#bcbc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc79;
$custom-light: #d1d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77959,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC79

secondary

#BCBCD5

accent

#39AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC79

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

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