#BCB8A0#BCB8A0

#BCB8A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.033 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A0
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(51, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -2.71, 12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 13.00, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0054 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.033 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2242, 47.5109, 40.0917)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A0 #A0A4BC

analogous

#BCAAA0 #BCB8A0 #B2BCA0

triadic

#BCB8A0 #A0BCB8 #B8A0BC

tetradic

#BCB8A0 #A0BCAA #A0A4BC #BCA0B2

square

#BCB8A0 #A0BCAA #A0A4BC #BCA0B2

split-complementary

#BCB8A0 #A0B2BC #AAA0BC

monochromatic

#847F5D #A39D7C #BCB8A0 #D5D3C4 #EFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A0

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A0	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.033 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdbc',
    500: '#bcb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a0;
$custom-light: #d0cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77935,
    "c": 0.03333,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A0

secondary

#D8D9E0

accent

#569C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A0

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

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