#BCBAA1#BCBAA1

#BCBAA1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.034 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA1
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 161)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -3.61, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 13.44, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.008 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.034 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7304, 48.3828, 40.6937)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA1 #A1A3BC

analogous

#BCACA1 #BCBAA1 #B0BCA1

triadic

#BCBAA1 #A1BCBA #BAA1BC

tetradic

#BCBAA1 #A1BCAC #A1A3BC #BCA1B0

square

#BCBAA1 #A1BCAC #A1A3BC #BCA1B0

split-complementary

#BCBAA1 #A1B0BC #ACA1BC

monochromatic

#84815E #A3A07D #BCBAA1 #D5D4C5 #EFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BCBAA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BCBAA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA1

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA1	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.034 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cebc',
    500: '#bcbaa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa1;
$custom-light: #d0cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78377,
    "c": 0.03442,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA1

secondary

#D8D9E0

accent

#509B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA1

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

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