#BCB8A2#BCB8A2

#BCB8A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.031 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A2
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(51, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -2.39, 11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 11.93, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0046 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.031 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4005, 47.5815, 41.0205)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A2 #A2A6BC

analogous

#BCABA2 #BCB8A2 #B3BCA2

triadic

#BCB8A2 #A2BCB8 #B8A2BC

tetradic

#BCB8A2 #A2BCAB #A2A6BC #BCA2B3

square

#BCB8A2 #A2BCAB #A2A6BC #BCA2B3

split-complementary

#BCB8A2 #A2B3BC #ABA2BC

monochromatic

#847F5F #A29D7E #BCB8A2 #D6D3C6 #EFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A2

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A2	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.031 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdbd',
    500: '#bcb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a2;
$custom-light: #d0cdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77985,
    "c": 0.03065,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A2

secondary

#D9DAE1

accent

#579A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A2

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

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