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#BCB79F

#bcb79f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bcb79f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 71.76% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.66% magenta, 15.43% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 49.66°, 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 10.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 6.55.

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Relative luminance0.4706

Complementary

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #9fa4bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #9fb2bc
  3. #a99fbc

Analogous

  1. #bca99f
  2. #bcb79f
  3. #b2bc9f

Triadic

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #9fbcb7
  3. #b79fbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #a4bc9f
  3. #9fa4bc
  4. #b79fbc

Square

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #9fbca9
  3. #9fa4bc
  4. #bc9fb2

Monochromatic

  1. #726c50
  2. #9d9572
  3. #bcb79f
  4. #dbd9cc
  5. #f7f6f3

Shades

#bcb79f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #a9a58f
  3. #96927f
  4. #84806f
  5. #716e5f
  6. #5e5c50
  7. #4b4940
  8. #383730
  9. #262520
  10. #131210
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb79f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #c3bea9
  3. #c9c5b2
  4. #d0cdbc
  5. #d7d4c5
  6. #dedbcf
  7. #e4e2d9
  8. #ebe9e2
  9. #f2f1ec
  10. #f8f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb79f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb79f
  2. #b6b29c
  3. #b0ac99
  4. #aaa796
  5. #a4a193
  6. #9e9c90
  7. #98968c
  8. #929189
  9. #8c8b86
  10. #868683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b7ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb59e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beb7a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b3b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcb69e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdb79f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfb5aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb79f {
  color: #bcb79f;
}
Background
.bg-bcb79f {
  background-color: #bcb79f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb79f {
  border: 2px solid #bcb79f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb79f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 183 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 18% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb79f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb79f, #b2bc9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb79f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 183 159 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.55 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.00 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.90 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 9.80 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.08 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 10.54 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.55 #434860 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Sage
#bcb79f  rgb(188, 183, 159)  hsl(50, 18%, 68%)  Sage
#9fa4bc  rgb(159, 164, 188)  hsl(230, 18%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fbcb7  rgb(159, 188, 183)  hsl(170, 18%, 68%)  Opal
#b79fbc  rgb(183, 159, 188)  hsl(290, 18%, 68%)  Pastel Purple