#BCBBA7#BCBBA7

#BCBBA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.028 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBA7
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 167)
HSL	hsl(57, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -3.16, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 10.74, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.007 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.028 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4836, 49.0224, 43.6179)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBA7 #A7A8BC

analogous

#BCB1A7 #BCBBA7 #B3BCA7

triadic

#BCBBA7 #A7BCBB #BBA7BC

tetradic

#BCBBA7 #A7BCB1 #A7A8BC #BCA7B3

square

#BCBBA7 #A7BCB1 #A7A8BC #BCA7B3

split-complementary

#BCBBA7 #A7B3BC #B1A7BC

monochromatic

#848365 #A2A084 #BCBBA7 #D6D6CA #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBBA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BCBBA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBA7

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBA7	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)

#BFB9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.028 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc1',
    500: '#bcbba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbba7;
$custom-light: #d0cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 13.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78736,
    "c": 0.02759,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBA7

secondary

#DCDDE2

accent

#51984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBA7

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

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