#BCBBA6#BCBBA6

#BCBBA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.029 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBA6
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 166)
HSL	hsl(57, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -3.32, 10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 11.27, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0074 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.029 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3916, 48.9855, 43.1329)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBA6 #A6A7BC

analogous

#BCB0A6 #BCBBA6 #B2BCA6

triadic

#BCBBA6 #A6BCBB #BBA6BC

tetradic

#BCBBA6 #A6BCB0 #A6A7BC #BCA6B2

square

#BCBBA6 #A6BCB0 #A6A7BC #BCA6B2

split-complementary

#BCBBA6 #A6B2BC #B0A6BC

monochromatic

#848363 #A2A083 #BCBBA6 #D6D6C9 #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBBA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCBBA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBA6

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBA6	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.029 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc0',
    500: '#bcbba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbba6;
$custom-light: #d0cfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78711,
    "c": 0.02895,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBA6

secondary

#DCDCE2

accent

#51984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBA6

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

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