#BCB8A8#BCB8A8

#BCB8A8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.023 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A8
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(48, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -1.40, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 8.74, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0021 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.023 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9467, 47.7999, 43.8967)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A8 #A8ACBC

analogous

#BCAEA8 #BCB8A8 #B6BCA8

triadic

#BCB8A8 #A8BCB8 #B8A8BC

tetradic

#BCB8A8 #A8BCAE #A8ACBC #BCA8B6

square

#BCB8A8 #A8BCAE #A8ACBC #BCA8B6

split-complementary

#BCB8A8 #A8B6BC #AEA8BC

monochromatic

#847E66 #A19C85 #BCB8A8 #D7D4CB #F1F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A8

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A8	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.023 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc1',
    500: '#bcb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a8;
$custom-light: #d0cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7814,
    "c": 0.02262,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A8

secondary

#DDDEE3

accent

#5D974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A8

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

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