#BCBAA8#BCBAA8

#BCBAA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.025 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA8
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(54, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -2.46, 9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 9.70, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0051 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.025 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3650, 48.6367, 44.0361)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA8 #A8AABC

analogous

#BCB0A8 #BCBAA8 #B4BCA8

triadic

#BCBAA8 #A8BCBA #BAA8BC

tetradic

#BCBAA8 #A8BCB0 #A8AABC #BCA8B4

square

#BCBAA8 #A8BCB0 #A8AABC #BCA8B4

split-complementary

#BCBAA8 #A8B4BC #B0A8BC

monochromatic

#848166 #A19F85 #BCBAA8 #D7D5CB #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA8

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA8	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.025 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec1',
    500: '#bcbaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa8;
$custom-light: #d0cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78555,
    "c": 0.02495,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA8

secondary

#DDDEE3

accent

#56974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA8

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

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