#BCB8A6#BCB8A6

#BCB8A6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.025 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A6
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(49, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -1.73, 9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 9.80, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0029 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.025 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7618, 47.7259, 42.9230)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A6 #A6AABC

analogous

#BCADA6 #BCB8A6 #B5BCA6

triadic

#BCB8A6 #A6BCB8 #B8A6BC

tetradic

#BCB8A6 #A6BCAD #A6AABC #BCA6B5

square

#BCB8A6 #A6BCAD #A6AABC #BCA6B5

split-complementary

#BCB8A6 #A6B5BC #ADA6BC

monochromatic

#847E63 #A29C83 #BCB8A6 #D6D4C9 #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A6

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A6	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.025 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc0',
    500: '#bcb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a6;
$custom-light: #d0cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78088,
    "c": 0.0253,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A6

secondary

#DCDDE2

accent

#5B984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A6

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

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