#BCBE79#BCBE79

#BCBE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.090 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE79
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -11.26, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 36.43, 108.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0305 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.09 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6041, 48.8995, 25.2797)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE79 #7B79BE

analogous

#BE9D79 #BCBE79 #99BE79

triadic

#BCBE79 #79BCBE #BE79BC

tetradic

#BCBE79 #79BE9D #7B79BE #BE7999

square

#BCBE79 #79BE9D #7B79BE #BE7999

split-complementary

#BCBE79 #7999BE #9D79BE

monochromatic

#7D7F3E #A6A852 #BCBE79 #D1D2A2 #E5E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCBE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE79

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE79	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.090 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1a0',
    500: '#bcbe79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe79;
$custom-light: #d1d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78388,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE79

secondary

#BDBCD6

accent

#38AE3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE79

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

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