#BCBAA0#BCBAA0

#BCBAA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.036 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA0
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 160)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -3.77, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 13.97, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0084 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.036 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6426, 48.3477, 40.2311)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA0 #A0A2BC

analogous

#BCACA0 #BCBAA0 #B0BCA0

triadic

#BCBAA0 #A0BCBA #BAA0BC

tetradic

#BCBAA0 #A0BCAC #A0A2BC #BCA0B0

square

#BCBAA0 #A0BCAC #A0A2BC #BCA0B0

split-complementary

#BCBAA0 #A0B0BC #ACA0BC

monochromatic

#84825D #A3A07C #BCBAA0 #D5D4C4 #EFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BCBAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA0

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA0	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.036 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cebc',
    500: '#bcbaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa0;
$custom-light: #d0cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78352,
    "c": 0.03577,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA0

secondary

#D8D8E0

accent

#509C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA0

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

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