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#BCB68A

#bcb68a ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bcb68a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 71.37% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.19% magenta, 26.6% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 52.8°, with 27.17% saturation and 63.92% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 0.99.

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Relative luminance0.4598

Complementary

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #8a90bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #8aa9bc
  3. #9d8abc

Analogous

  1. #bc9d8a
  2. #bcb68a
  3. #a9bc8a

Triadic

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #8abcb6
  3. #b68abc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #90bc8a
  3. #8a90bc
  4. #b68abc

Square

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #8abc9d
  3. #8a90bc
  4. #bc8aa9

Monochromatic

  1. #6e683f
  2. #9f975b
  3. #bcb68a
  4. #d8d4bb
  5. #f4f3eb

Shades

#bcb68a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #a9a47c
  3. #96926e
  4. #847f61
  5. #716d53
  6. #5e5b45
  7. #4b4937
  8. #383729
  9. #26241c
  10. #13120e
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb68a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #c3bd96
  3. #c9c5a1
  4. #d0ccad
  5. #d7d3b9
  6. #dedbc5
  7. #e4e2d0
  8. #ebe9dc
  9. #f2f0e8
  10. #f8f8f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb68a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb68a
  2. #b6b189
  3. #b0ab88
  4. #aaa687
  5. #a4a086
  6. #9e9b85
  7. #989684
  8. #929083
  9. #8c8b82
  10. #868581
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b5a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beb387 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b68c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4b0aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdb488 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfb68b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1b29e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb68a {
  color: #bcb68a;
}
Background
.bg-bcb68a {
  background-color: #bcb68a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb68a {
  border: 2px solid #bcb68a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb68a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 182 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 27% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb68a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb68a, #a9bc8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb68a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 182 138 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 0.99 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 3.80 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.79 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.50 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.75 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 11.05 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 11.12 #434975 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Sage
#bcb68a  rgb(188, 182, 138)  hsl(53, 27%, 64%)  Sage
#8a90bc  rgb(138, 144, 188)  hsl(233, 27%, 64%)  Cool Gray
#8abcb6  rgb(138, 188, 182)  hsl(173, 27%, 64%)  Opal
#b68abc  rgb(182, 138, 188)  hsl(293, 27%, 64%)  Wisteria