#BCBAAE#BCBAAE

#BCBAAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.017 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAAE
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -1.44, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 6.49, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0026 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.017 99)
XYZ	xyz(45.9369, 48.8654, 47.0482)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAAE #AEB0BC

analogous

#BCB3AE #BCBAAE #B7BCAE

triadic

#BCBAAE #AEBCBA #BAAEBC

tetradic

#BCBAAE #AEBCB3 #AEB0BC #BCAEB7

square

#BCBAAE #AEBCB3 #AEB0BC #BCAEB7

split-complementary

#BCBAAE #AEB7BC #B3AEBC

monochromatic

#83806C #A09D8D #BCBAAE #D8D7CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCBAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAAE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAAE	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)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.017 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec6',
    500: '#bcbaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbaae;
$custom-light: #d0cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78714,
    "c": 0.01679,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.48865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAAE

secondary

#E1E2E5

accent

#5B9352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAAE

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

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