#BCB8AC#BCB8AC

#BCB8AC is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.017 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8AC
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -0.72, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 6.63, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0005 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.017 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3250, 47.9512, 45.8895)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8AC #ACB0BC

analogous

#BCB0AC #BCB8AC #B8BCAC

triadic

#BCB8AC #ACBCB8 #B8ACBC

tetradic

#BCB8AC #ACBCB0 #ACB0BC #BCACB8

square

#BCB8AC #ACBCB0 #ACB0BC #BCACB8

split-complementary

#BCB8AC #ACB8BC #B0ACBC

monochromatic

#837D6A #A19B8A #BCB8AC #D7D5CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BCB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8AC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8AC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.017 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc4',
    500: '#bcb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ac;
$custom-light: #d0cdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78247,
    "c": 0.01728,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8AC

secondary

#E0E1E4

accent

#629551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8AC

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

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