#BCBBA4#BCBBA4

#BCBBA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.032 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBA4
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 164)
HSL	hsl(58, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -3.65, 11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 12.34, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0082 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.032 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2095, 48.9127, 42.1742)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBA4 #A4A5BC

analogous

#BCAFA4 #BCBBA4 #B1BCA4

triadic

#BCBBA4 #A4BCBB #BBA4BC

tetradic

#BCBBA4 #A4BCAF #A4A5BC #BCA4B1

square

#BCBBA4 #A4BCAF #A4A5BC #BCA4B1

split-complementary

#BCBBA4 #A4B1BC #AFA4BC

monochromatic

#848361 #A2A181 #BCBBA4 #D6D5C7 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBBA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BCBBA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBA4

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBA4	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.032 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfbf',
    500: '#bcbba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbba4;
$custom-light: #d0cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.03166,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBA4

secondary

#DADBE1

accent

#4F994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBA4

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

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