#bcbe79

Color #bcbe79

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 5.64 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 13.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbe79

RGB

rgb(188, 190, 121)

HSL

hsl(61.7, 34.7%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.7, 36.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(75.39, -11.26, 34.64)

LCH

lch(75.39, 36.42, 108.01)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0904, 109.72)

HWB

hwb(61.7, 47.5%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b79be

Analogous

#be9e79

#bcbe79

#9abe79

Triadic

#bcbe79

#79bcbe

#be79bc

Split-complementary

#bcbe79

#799abe

#9e79be

Tetradic

#bcbe79

#79be7b

#7b79be

#be79bc

Square

#bcbe79

#79be9e

#7b79be

#be799a

Shades

Color #bcbe79 mixed toward black.

#abad56

#8a8c44

#676933

#454622

#222311

Tints

Color #bcbe79 mixed toward white.

#c7c98f

#d2d4a6

#dedfbc

#e9e9d2

#f4f4e9

Tones

Color #bcbe79 mixed toward gray.

#b7b87f

#b1b385

#acad8a

#a6a790

#a1a196

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbd8e · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#bdbd92 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#bc9c9f · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbe79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbe79]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bcbe79 (#bcbe79) is rgb(188, 190, 121) in RGB.

No, #bcbe79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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