#BCB8AA#BCB8AA

#BCB8AA is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.020 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCB8AA
RGBrgb(188, 184, 170)
HSLhsl(47, 12%, 70%)
HSVhsv(47, 10%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.75, -1.06, 7.61)
CIE-LCHlch(74.75, 7.68, 97.94°)
OKLaboklab(78.19% -0.0013 0.0199)
OKLCHoklch(78.19% 0.02 93.7)
XYZxyz(45.1344, 47.8750, 44.8855)
Luminance0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCB8AA #AAAEBC
analogous
#BCAFAA #BCB8AA #B7BCAA
triadic
#BCB8AA #AABCB8 #B8AABC
tetradic
#BCB8AA #AABCAF #AAAEBC #BCAAB7
square
#BCB8AA #AABCAF #AAAEBC #BCAAB7
split-complementary
#BCB8AA #AAB7BC #AFAABC
monochromatic
#847E68 #A19B88 #BCB8AA #D7D5CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#BCB8AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58
#BCB8AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8AA
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCB8AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCB8AA1.001.9910.5810.58
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5821.001.001.00
##00000010.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBB7A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCB9AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB6B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcb8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.020 93.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc3',
    500: '#bcb8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcb8aa;
$custom-light: #d0cdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcb8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78193,
    "c": 0.01994,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCB8AA
secondary
#DEE0E3
accent
#5F9650
background
#FCFCFB
surface
#F9F9F7
border
#D2D2D0
text
#141312
muted
#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8AA

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#BCB8AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva