#BCBAA6#BCBAA6

#BCBAA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.028 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA6
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 166)
HSL	hsl(55, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -2.79, 10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 10.77, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0059 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.028 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1802, 48.5627, 43.0624)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA6 #A6A8BC

analogous

#BCAFA6 #BCBAA6 #B3BCA6

triadic

#BCBAA6 #A6BCBA #BAA6BC

tetradic

#BCBAA6 #A6BCAF #A6A8BC #BCA6B3

square

#BCBAA6 #A6BCAF #A6A8BC #BCA6B3

split-complementary

#BCBAA6 #A6B3BC #AFA6BC

monochromatic

#848163 #A29F83 #BCBAA6 #D6D5C9 #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BCBAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA6

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA6	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)

#BEB8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.028 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec0',
    500: '#bcbaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa6;
$custom-light: #d0cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78503,
    "c": 0.02767,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA6

secondary

#DCDCE2

accent

#54984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA6

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

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