#BCBA9E#BCBA9E

#BCBA9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.038 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBA9E
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -4.08, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 15.04, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0092 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.038 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4690, 48.2783, 39.3171)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBA9E #9EA0BC

analogous

#BCAB9E #BCBA9E #AFBC9E

triadic

#BCBA9E #9EBCBA #BA9EBC

tetradic

#BCBA9E #9EBCAB #9EA0BC #BC9EAF

square

#BCBA9E #9EBCAB #9EA0BC #BC9EAF

split-complementary

#BCBA9E #9EAFBC #AB9EBC

monochromatic

#84825B #A3A07A #BCBA9E #D5D4C2 #EEEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BCBA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBA9E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBA9E	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)

#BFB89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.038 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceba',
    500: '#bcba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcba9e;
$custom-light: #d0ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78303,
    "c": 0.03844,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBA9E

secondary

#D6D7E0

accent

#4E9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBA9E

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

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