#BCBAA4#BCBAA4

#BCBAA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.030 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA4
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 164)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -3.12, 11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 11.84, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0067 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.03 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9981, 48.4899, 42.1037)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA4 #A4A6BC

analogous

#BCAEA4 #BCBAA4 #B2BCA4

triadic

#BCBAA4 #A4BCBA #BAA4BC

tetradic

#BCBAA4 #A4BCAE #A4A6BC #BCA4B2

square

#BCBAA4 #A4BCAE #A4A6BC #BCA4B2

split-complementary

#BCBAA4 #A4B2BC #AEA4BC

monochromatic

#848161 #A29F81 #BCBAA4 #D6D5C7 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BCBAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA4

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA4	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)

#BEB8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.030 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cebf',
    500: '#bcbaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa4;
$custom-light: #d0cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.03038,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA4

secondary

#DADBE1

accent

#53994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA4

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

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