#BCBAA5#BCBAA5

#BCBAA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.029 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA5
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 165)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -2.96, 10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 11.30, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0063 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.029 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0888, 48.5262, 42.5812)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA5 #A5A7BC

analogous

#BCAFA5 #BCBAA5 #B3BCA5

triadic

#BCBAA5 #A5BCBA #BAA5BC

tetradic

#BCBAA5 #A5BCAF #A5A7BC #BCA5B3

square

#BCBAA5 #A5BCAF #A5A7BC #BCA5B3

split-complementary

#BCBAA5 #A5B3BC #AFA5BC

monochromatic

#848162 #A29F82 #BCBAA5 #D6D5C8 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA5

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA5	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.029 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cebf',
    500: '#bcbaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa5;
$custom-light: #d0cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78477,
    "c": 0.02903,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA5

secondary

#DBDCE2

accent

#53994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA5

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

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