#BCB9AA#BCB9AA

#BCB9AA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.021 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9AA
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -1.59, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 8.14, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0028 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.021 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3429, 48.2919, 44.9550)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9AA #AAADBC

analogous

#BCB0AA #BCB9AA #B6BCAA

triadic

#BCB9AA #AABCB9 #B9AABC

tetradic

#BCB9AA #AABCB0 #AAADBC #BCAAB6

square

#BCB9AA #AABCB0 #AAADBC #BCAAB6

split-complementary

#BCB9AA #AAB6BC #B0AABC

monochromatic

#847F68 #A19D88 #BCB9AA #D7D5CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9AA

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9AA	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.021 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec3',
    500: '#bcb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9aa;
$custom-light: #d0cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.784,
    "c": 0.02104,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9AA

secondary

#DEDFE3

accent

#5B9650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9AA

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

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