#BCBAAD#BCBAAD

#BCBAAD is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.018 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAAD
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(52, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -1.61, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 7.02, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0031 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.018 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8398, 48.8266, 46.5366)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAAD #ADAFBC

analogous

#BCB2AD #BCBAAD #B6BCAD

triadic

#BCBAAD #ADBCBA #BAADBC

tetradic

#BCBAAD #ADBCB2 #ADAFBC #BCADB6

square

#BCBAAD #ADBCB2 #ADAFBC #BCADB6

split-complementary

#BCBAAD #ADB6BC #B2ADBC

monochromatic

#83806B #A09E8B #BCBAAD #D8D6CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCBAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAAD

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAAD	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.018 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec5',
    500: '#bcbaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaad;
$custom-light: #d0cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78687,
    "c": 0.01816,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAAD

secondary

#E0E1E4

accent

#5A9451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAAD

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

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