#BCB6A4#BCB6A4

#BCB6A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.026 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6A4
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 164)
HSL	hsl(45, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -1.00, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 9.97, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0007 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.026 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1672, 46.8281, 41.8268)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6A4 #A4AABC

analogous

#BCAAA4 #BCB6A4 #B6BCA4

triadic

#BCB6A4 #A4BCB6 #B6A4BC

tetradic

#BCB6A4 #A4BCAA #A4AABC #BCA4B6

square

#BCB6A4 #A4BCAA #A4AABC #BCA4B6

split-complementary

#BCB6A4 #A4B6BC #AAA4BC

monochromatic

#847C61 #A29A81 #BCB6A4 #D6D2C7 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB6A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCB6A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6A4

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6A4	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.026 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbbf',
    500: '#bcb6a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6a4;
$custom-light: #d0cbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77622,
    "c": 0.02584,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6A4

secondary

#DADCE1

accent

#5F994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6A4

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

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