#BCBBA0#BCBBA0

#BCBBA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.037 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBA0
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 160)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -4.29, 13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 14.48, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0099 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.037 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8540, 48.7705, 40.3016)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBA0 #A0A1BC

analogous

#BCADA0 #BCBBA0 #AFBCA0

triadic

#BCBBA0 #A0BCBB #BBA0BC

tetradic

#BCBBA0 #A0BCAD #A0A1BC #BCA0AF

square

#BCBBA0 #A0BCAD #A0A1BC #BCA0AF

split-complementary

#BCBBA0 #A0AFBC #ADA0BC

monochromatic

#84835D #A3A17C #BCBBA0 #D5D5C4 #EFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBBA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCBBA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBA0

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBA0	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)

#C0B99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.037 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfbc',
    500: '#bcbba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbba0;
$custom-light: #d0cfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78561,
    "c": 0.03704,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBA0

secondary

#D8D8E0

accent

#4D9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBA0

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

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