#BCBAA3#BCBAA3

#BCBAA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.032 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA3
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 163)
HSL	hsl(55, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -3.28, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 12.37, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0071 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.032 103)
XYZ	xyz(44.9082, 48.4539, 41.6300)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA3 #A3A5BC

analogous

#BCAEA3 #BCBAA3 #B2BCA3

triadic

#BCBAA3 #A3BCBA #BAA3BC

tetradic

#BCBAA3 #A3BCAE #A3A5BC #BCA3B2

square

#BCBAA3 #A3BCAE #A3A5BC #BCA3B2

split-complementary

#BCBAA3 #A3B2BC #AEA3BC

monochromatic

#848160 #A29F80 #BCBAA3 #D6D5C6 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BCBAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA3

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA3	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)

#BFB8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.032 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cebe',
    500: '#bcbaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa3;
$custom-light: #d0cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78427,
    "c": 0.03173,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.48454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA3

secondary

#DADAE1

accent

#529A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA3

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

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