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#BCB99B

#bcb99b ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bcb99b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 72.55% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.6% magenta, 17.55% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 54.55°, with 19.76% saturation and 67.25% 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 10.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.5.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4776

Complementary

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #9b9ebc

Split complementary

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #9baebc
  3. #a89bbc

Analogous

  1. #bca89b
  2. #bcb99b
  3. #aebc9b

Triadic

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #9bbcb9
  3. #b99bbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #9ebc9b
  3. #9b9ebc
  4. #b99bbc

Square

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #9bbca8
  3. #9b9ebc
  4. #bc9bae

Monochromatic

  1. #726e4c
  2. #9d996d
  3. #bcb99b
  4. #dbd9c9
  5. #f7f6f3

Shades

#bcb99b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #a9a78c
  3. #96947c
  4. #84826d
  5. #716f5d
  6. #5e5d4e
  7. #4b4a3e
  8. #38382f
  9. #26251f
  10. #131310
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcb99b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #c3c0a5
  3. #c9c7af
  4. #d0ceb9
  5. #d7d5c3
  6. #dedccd
  7. #e4e3d7
  8. #ebeae1
  9. #f2f1eb
  10. #f8f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcb99b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcb99b
  2. #b6b398
  3. #b0ae96
  4. #aaa893
  5. #a4a290
  6. #9e9d8e
  7. #98978b
  8. #929188
  9. #8c8b85
  10. #868683
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b8ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfb799 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b99c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b5b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beb89a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beb99c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfb6a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcb99b {
  color: #bcb99b;
}
Background
.bg-bcb99b {
  background-color: #bcb99b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcb99b {
  border: 2px solid #bcb99b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcb99b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 185 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 20% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcb99b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcb99b, #aebc9b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcb99b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 185 155 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.50 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.05 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.53 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.65 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 10.69 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.70 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 10.85 #434664 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Sage
#bcb99b  rgb(188, 185, 155)  hsl(55, 20%, 67%)  Sage
#9b9ebc  rgb(155, 158, 188)  hsl(235, 20%, 67%)  Cool Gray
#9bbcb9  rgb(155, 188, 185)  hsl(175, 20%, 67%)  Opal
#b99bbc  rgb(185, 155, 188)  hsl(295, 20%, 67%)  Lilac