#BCB9AE#BCB9AE

#BCB9AE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.016 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9AE
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(47, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -0.91, 5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 6.02, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0012 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.016 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7270, 48.4456, 46.9782)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9AE #AEB1BC

analogous

#BCB2AE #BCB9AE #B8BCAE

triadic

#BCB9AE #AEBCB9 #B9AEBC

tetradic

#BCB9AE #AEBCB2 #AEB1BC #BCAEB8

square

#BCB9AE #AEBCB2 #AEB1BC #BCAEB8

split-complementary

#BCB9AE #AEB8BC #B2AEBC

monochromatic

#837E6C #A09C8D #BCB9AE #D8D6CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCB9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9AE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9AE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.016 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec6',
    500: '#bcb9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9ae;
$custom-light: #d0cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78508,
    "c": 0.01565,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9AE

secondary

#E1E2E5

accent

#609352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9AE

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

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