#BCB8AB#BCB8AB

#BCB8AB is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.019 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8AB
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(46, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -0.89, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 7.16, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0009 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.019 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2294, 47.9130, 45.3856)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8AB #ABAFBC

analogous

#BCAFAB #BCB8AB #B7BCAB

triadic

#BCB8AB #ABBCB8 #B8ABBC

tetradic

#BCB8AB #ABBCAF #ABAFBC #BCABB7

square

#BCB8AB #ABBCAF #ABAFBC #BCABB7

split-complementary

#BCB8AB #ABB7BC #AFABBC

monochromatic

#847D69 #A19B89 #BCB8AB #D7D5CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BCB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8AB

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8AB	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.019 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc4',
    500: '#bcb8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ab;
$custom-light: #d0cdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7822,
    "c": 0.01861,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8AB

secondary

#DFE0E4

accent

#609550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8AB

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

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