#BCBBA5#BCBBA5

#BCBBA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.030 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBA5
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 165)
HSL	hsl(57, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -3.49, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 11.81, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0078 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.03 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.3002, 48.9490, 42.6517)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBA5 #A5A6BC

analogous

#BCB0A5 #BCBBA5 #B2BCA5

triadic

#BCBBA5 #A5BCBB #BBA5BC

tetradic

#BCBBA5 #A5BCB0 #A5A6BC #BCA5B2

square

#BCBBA5 #A5BCB0 #A5A6BC #BCA5B2

split-complementary

#BCBBA5 #A5B2BC #B0A5BC

monochromatic

#848362 #A2A082 #BCBBA5 #D6D6C8 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCBBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BCBBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBA5

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBA5	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)

#BFB9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.030 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfbf',
    500: '#bcbba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbba5;
$custom-light: #d0cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78685,
    "c": 0.03031,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.48949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBA5

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#50994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBA5

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

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