#BCBAA9#BCBAA9

#BCBAA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.024 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAA9
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 169)
HSL	hsl(54, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -2.29, 8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 9.16, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0047 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.024 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4586, 48.6741, 44.5287)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAA9 #A9ABBC

analogous

#BCB0A9 #BCBAA9 #B5BCA9

triadic

#BCBAA9 #A9BCBA #BAA9BC

tetradic

#BCBAA9 #A9BCB0 #A9ABBC #BCA9B5

square

#BCBAA9 #A9BCB0 #A9ABBC #BCA9B5

split-complementary

#BCBAA9 #A9B5BC #B0A9BC

monochromatic

#848167 #A19E87 #BCBAA9 #D7D6CB #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCBAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAA9

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAA9	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)

#BEB9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.024 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec2',
    500: '#bcbaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaa9;
$custom-light: #d0cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78581,
    "c": 0.0236,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAA9

secondary

#DEDEE3

accent

#57974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAA9

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

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