#BCB7A2#BCB7A2

#BCB7A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.030 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB7A2
RGB	rgb(188, 183, 162)
HSL	hsl(48, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -1.85, 11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 11.47, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0031 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.03 96)
XYZ	xyz(44.1936, 47.1675, 40.9515)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB7A2 #A2A7BC

analogous

#BCAAA2 #BCB7A2 #B4BCA2

triadic

#BCB7A2 #A2BCB7 #B7A2BC

tetradic

#BCB7A2 #A2BCAA #A2A7BC #BCA2B4

square

#BCB7A2 #A2BCAA #A2A7BC #BCA2B4

split-complementary

#BCB7A2 #A2B4BC #AAA2BC

monochromatic

#847D5F #A29B7E #BCB7A2 #D6D3C6 #EFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB7A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCB7A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB7A2

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB7A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB7A2	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb7a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 183, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.030 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccbd',
    500: '#bcb7a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb7a2;
$custom-light: #d0ccbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb7a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77778,
    "c": 0.02953,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.47167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB7A2

secondary

#D9DBE1

accent

#5A9A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB7A2

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

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