#BCB6A0#BCB6A0

#BCB6A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.031 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6A0
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 160)
HSL	hsl(47, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -1.64, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 12.08, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0024 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.031 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8117, 46.6859, 39.9542)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6A0 #A0A6BC

analogous

#BCA8A0 #BCB6A0 #B4BCA0

triadic

#BCB6A0 #A0BCB6 #B6A0BC

tetradic

#BCB6A0 #A0BCA8 #A0A6BC #BCA0B4

square

#BCB6A0 #A0BCA8 #A0A6BC #BCA0B4

split-complementary

#BCB6A0 #A0B4BC #A8A0BC

monochromatic

#847C5D #A39A7C #BCB6A0 #D5D2C4 #EFEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCB6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6A0

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6A0	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.031 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbbc',
    500: '#bcb6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6a0;
$custom-light: #d0cbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7752,
    "c": 0.0311,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6A0

secondary

#D8D9E0

accent

#5B9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6A0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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