#BCB8A4#BCB8A4

#BCB8A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.028 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A4
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(50, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -2.06, 10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 10.87, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0037 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.028 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5797, 47.6531, 41.9643)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A4 #A4A8BC

analogous

#BCACA4 #BCB8A4 #B4BCA4

triadic

#BCB8A4 #A4BCB8 #B8A4BC

tetradic

#BCB8A4 #A4BCAC #A4A8BC #BCA4B4

square

#BCB8A4 #A4BCAC #A4A8BC #BCA4B4

split-complementary

#BCB8A4 #A4B4BC #ACA4BC

monochromatic

#847E61 #A29C81 #BCB8A4 #D6D4C7 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BCB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A4

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A4	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.028 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdbf',
    500: '#bcb8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a4;
$custom-light: #d0cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78036,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A4

secondary

#DADCE1

accent

#59994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A4

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

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