#BCBBA9#BCBBA9

#BCBBA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.025 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBA9
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 169)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -2.82, 9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 9.67, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0062 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.025 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6700, 49.0969, 44.5991)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBA9 #A9AABC

analogous

#BCB1A9 #BCBBA9 #B4BCA9

triadic

#BCBBA9 #A9BCBB #BBA9BC

tetradic

#BCBBA9 #A9BCB1 #A9AABC #BCA9B4

square

#BCBBA9 #A9BCB1 #A9AABC #BCA9B4

split-complementary

#BCBBA9 #A9B4BC #B1A9BC

monochromatic

#848267 #A1A087 #BCBBA9 #D7D6CB #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBBA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCBBA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBA9

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBA9	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.025 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc2',
    500: '#bcbba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbba9;
$custom-light: #d0cfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78788,
    "c": 0.02487,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBA9

secondary

#DEDEE3

accent

#53974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBA9

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

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