#BCB9AF#BCB9AF

#BCB9AF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.014 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB9AF
RGB	rgb(188, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(46, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -0.74, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 5.49, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0007 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.014 93)
XYZ	xyz(45.8249, 48.4847, 47.4935)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB9AF #AFB2BC

analogous

#BCB2AF #BCB9AF #B8BCAF

triadic

#BCB9AF #AFBCB9 #B9AFBC

tetradic

#BCB9AF #AFBCB2 #AFB2BC #BCAFB8

square

#BCB9AF #AFBCB2 #AFB2BC #BCAFB8

split-complementary

#BCB9AF #AFB8BC #B2AFBC

monochromatic

#837E6E #A09C8E #BCB9AF #D8D6D0 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCB9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCB9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB9AF

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB9AF	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.014 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec6',
    500: '#bcb9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb9af;
$custom-light: #d0cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.01431,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.48484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB9AF

secondary

#E2E2E5

accent

#619353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB9AF

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

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