#BCB8A3#BCB8A3

#BCB8A3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.029 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A3
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(50, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -2.22, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 11.40, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0042 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.029 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4898, 47.6171, 41.4905)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A3 #A3A7BC

analogous

#BCACA3 #BCB8A3 #B4BCA3

triadic

#BCB8A3 #A3BCB8 #B8A3BC

tetradic

#BCB8A3 #A3BCAC #A3A7BC #BCA3B4

square

#BCB8A3 #A3BCAC #A3A7BC #BCA3B4

split-complementary

#BCB8A3 #A3B4BC #ACA3BC

monochromatic

#847F60 #A29D80 #BCB8A3 #D6D3C6 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BCB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A3

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A3	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)

#BDB7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.029 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdbe',
    500: '#bcb8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a3;
$custom-light: #d0cdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78011,
    "c": 0.02932,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A3

secondary

#DADBE1

accent

#589A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A3

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

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