#BCB8A5#BCB8A5

#BCB8A5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.027 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A5
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(50, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -1.90, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 10.33, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0033 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.027 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6704, 47.6894, 42.4417)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A5 #A5A9BC

analogous

#BCADA5 #BCB8A5 #B5BCA5

triadic

#BCB8A5 #A5BCB8 #B8A5BC

tetradic

#BCB8A5 #A5BCAD #A5A9BC #BCA5B5

square

#BCB8A5 #A5BCAD #A5A9BC #BCA5B5

split-complementary

#BCB8A5 #A5B5BC #ADA5BC

monochromatic

#847E62 #A29C82 #BCB8A5 #D6D4C8 #F0EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BCB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A5

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A5	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.027 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdbf',
    500: '#bcb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a5;
$custom-light: #d0cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78062,
    "c": 0.02664,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A5

secondary

#DBDCE2

accent

#5A994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A5

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

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