#BCBAB0#BCBAB0

#BCBAB0 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBAB0
RGB	rgb(188, 186, 176)
HSL	hsl(50, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -1.09, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 5.42, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0018 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1334, 48.9440, 48.0826)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBAB0 #B0B2BC

analogous

#BCB4B0 #BCBAB0 #B8BCB0

triadic

#BCBAB0 #B0BCBA #BAB0BC

tetradic

#BCBAB0 #B0BCB4 #B0B2BC #BCB0B8

square

#BCBAB0 #B0BCB4 #B0B2BC #BCB0B8

split-complementary

#BCBAB0 #B0B8BC #B4B0BC

monochromatic

#837F6F #A09D8F #BCBAB0 #D8D7D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCBAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBAB0

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBAB0	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 186, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec7',
    500: '#bcbab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbab0;
$custom-light: #d0cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 8.219,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.01407,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBAB0

secondary

#E2E3E5

accent

#5E9253

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBAB0

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

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