#BCB8A9#BCB8A9

#BCB8A9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.021 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8A9
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(47, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -1.23, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 8.21, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0017 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.021 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0402, 47.8373, 44.3892)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8A9 #A9ADBC

analogous

#BCAEA9 #BCB8A9 #B7BCA9

triadic

#BCB8A9 #A9BCB8 #B8A9BC

tetradic

#BCB8A9 #A9BCAE #A9ADBC #BCA9B7

square

#BCB8A9 #A9BCAE #A9ADBC #BCA9B7

split-complementary

#BCB8A9 #A9B7BC #AEA9BC

monochromatic

#847E67 #A19C87 #BCB8A9 #D7D4CB #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BCB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8A9

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8A9	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.021 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc2',
    500: '#bcb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8a9;
$custom-light: #d0cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78166,
    "c": 0.02128,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8A9

secondary

#DEDFE3

accent

#5E974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8A9

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

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