#BCB8A1#BCB8A1

#BCB8A1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.032 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A1
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(51, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -2.55, 12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 12.46, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.005 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.032 99)
XYZ	xyz(44.3120, 47.5460, 40.5542)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A1 #A1A5BC

analogous

#BCAAA1 #BCB8A1 #B2BCA1

triadic

#BCB8A1 #A1BCB8 #B8A1BC

tetradic

#BCB8A1 #A1BCAA #A1A5BC #BCA1B2

square

#BCB8A1 #A1BCAA #A1A5BC #BCA1B2

split-complementary

#BCB8A1 #A1B2BC #AAA1BC

monochromatic

#847F5E #A39D7D #BCB8A1 #D5D3C5 #EFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BCB8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A1

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A1	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.032 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdbc',
    500: '#bcb8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a1;
$custom-light: #d0cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7796,
    "c": 0.03199,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.47546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A1

secondary

#D8DAE0

accent

#569B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A1

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

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