#BCBAAB#BCBAAB

#BCBAAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAAB
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(53, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -1.96, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 8.09, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0039 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6477, 48.7498, 45.5251)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAAB #ABADBC

analogous

#BCB1AB #BCBAAB #B5BCAB

triadic

#BCBAAB #ABBCBA #BAABBC

tetradic

#BCBAAB #ABBCB1 #ABADBC #BCABB5

square

#BCBAAB #ABBCB1 #ABADBC #BCABB5

split-complementary

#BCBAAB #ABB5BC #B1ABBC

monochromatic

#848069 #A19E89 #BCBAAB #D7D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAAB

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAAB	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec4',
    500: '#bcbaab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaab;
$custom-light: #d0cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78634,
    "c": 0.02088,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAAB

secondary

#DFE0E4

accent

#589550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAAB

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

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