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#BCB69F

#bcb69f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bcb69f 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 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.19% magenta, 15.43% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 47.59°, with 17.79% saturation and 68.04% 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 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 7.02.

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Relative luminance0.4665

Complementary

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #9fa5bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #9fb3bc
  3. #a89fbc

Analogous

  1. #bca89f
  2. #bcb69f
  3. #b3bc9f

Triadic

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #9fbcb6
  3. #b69fbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #a5bc9f
  3. #9fa5bc
  4. #b69fbc

Square

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #9fbca8
  3. #9fa5bc
  4. #bc9fb3

Monochromatic

  1. #726b50
  2. #9d9472
  3. #bcb69f
  4. #dbd8cc
  5. #f7f6f3

Shades

#bcb69f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #a9a48f
  3. #96927f
  4. #847f6f
  5. #716d5f
  6. #5e5b50
  7. #4b4940
  8. #383730
  9. #262420
  10. #131210
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb69f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #c3bda9
  3. #c9c5b2
  4. #d0ccbc
  5. #d7d3c5
  6. #dedbcf
  7. #e4e2d9
  8. #ebe9e2
  9. #f2f0ec
  10. #f8f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb69f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb69f
  2. #b6b19c
  3. #b0ab99
  4. #aaa696
  5. #a4a093
  6. #9e9b90
  7. #98968c
  8. #929089
  9. #8c8b86
  10. #868583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b6ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbb59e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdb7a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcb59e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdb69f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfb4a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb69f {
  color: #bcb69f;
}
Background
.bg-bcb69f {
  background-color: #bcb69f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb69f {
  border: 2px solid #bcb69f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb69f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 182 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 18% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb69f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb69f, #b3bc9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb69f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 182 159 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.02 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.10 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.11 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.73 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 9.75 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.28 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.55 #434960 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Sage
#bcb69f  rgb(188, 182, 159)  hsl(48, 18%, 68%)  Sage
#9fa5bc  rgb(159, 165, 188)  hsl(228, 18%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fbcb6  rgb(159, 188, 182)  hsl(168, 18%, 68%)  Opal
#b69fbc  rgb(182, 159, 188)  hsl(288, 18%, 68%)  Pastel Purple