#BCBD79#BCBD79

#BCBD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.089 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBD79
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -10.75, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 35.94, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.029 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.089 109)
XYZ	xyz(42.3882, 48.4678, 25.2077)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBD79 #7A79BD

analogous

#BD9C79 #BCBD79 #9ABD79

triadic

#BCBD79 #79BCBD #BD79BC

tetradic

#BCBD79 #79BD9C #7A79BD #BD799A

square

#BCBD79 #79BD9C #7A79BD #BD799A

split-complementary

#BCBD79 #799ABD #9C79BD

monochromatic

#7D7E3E #A5A752 #BCBD79 #D1D1A2 #E5E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCBD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBD79

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBD79	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.089 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0a0',
    500: '#bcbd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbd79;
$custom-light: #d1d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78173,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.48467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBD79

secondary

#BCBCD6

accent

#39AD3A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBD79

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

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