#BCBF79#BCBF79

#BCBF79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.092 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBF79
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -11.78, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 36.92, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.032 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.092 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8214, 49.3341, 25.3521)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBF79 #7C79BF

analogous

#BF9F79 #BCBF79 #99BF79

triadic

#BCBF79 #79BCBF #BF79BC

tetradic

#BCBF79 #79BF9F #7C79BF #BF7999

square

#BCBF79 #79BF9F #7C79BF #BF7999

split-complementary

#BCBF79 #7999BF #9F79BF

monochromatic

#7D803D #A6AA51 #BCBF79 #D1D3A2 #E5E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCBF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBF79

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBF79	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.092 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2a0',
    500: '#bcbf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbf79;
$custom-light: #d1d2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78602,
    "c": 0.09164,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBF79

secondary

#BEBDD7

accent

#37AE3C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBF79

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

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