#BCB8A7#BCB8A7

#BCB8A7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.024 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A7
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(49, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -1.57, 9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 9.27, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0025 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.024 96)
XYZ	xyz(44.8539, 47.7628, 43.4079)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A7 #A7ABBC

analogous

#BCAEA7 #BCB8A7 #B6BCA7

triadic

#BCB8A7 #A7BCB8 #B8A7BC

tetradic

#BCB8A7 #A7BCAE #A7ABBC #BCA7B6

square

#BCB8A7 #A7BCAE #A7ABBC #BCA7B6

split-complementary

#BCB8A7 #A7B6BC #AEA7BC

monochromatic

#847E65 #A29C84 #BCB8A7 #D6D4CA #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCB8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A7

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A7	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)

#BCB7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.024 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc1',
    500: '#bcb8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a7;
$custom-light: #d0cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 13.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78114,
    "c": 0.02395,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.47762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A7

secondary

#DCDEE2

accent

#5C984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A7

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

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