#BCB6A2#BCB6A2

#BCB6A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.028 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6A2
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 162)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -1.32, 10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 11.02, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0016 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.028 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9880, 46.7564, 40.8830)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6A2 #A2A8BC

analogous

#BCA9A2 #BCB6A2 #B5BCA2

triadic

#BCB6A2 #A2BCB6 #B6A2BC

tetradic

#BCB6A2 #A2BCA9 #A2A8BC #BCA2B5

square

#BCB6A2 #A2BCA9 #A2A8BC #BCA2B5

split-complementary

#BCB6A2 #A2B5BC #A9A2BC

monochromatic

#847C5F #A29A7E #BCB6A2 #D6D2C6 #EFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCB6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6A2

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6A2	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.028 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbbd',
    500: '#bcb6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6a2;
$custom-light: #d0cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.02847,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6A2

secondary

#D9DBE1

accent

#5D9A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6A2

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

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