#BCBBAA#BCBBAA

#BCBBAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.024 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBAA
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 170)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -2.66, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 9.13, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0058 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.024 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7642, 49.1346, 45.0954)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBAA #AAABBC

analogous

#BCB2AA #BCBBAA #B4BCAA

triadic

#BCBBAA #AABCBB #BBAABC

tetradic

#BCBBAA #AABCB2 #AAABBC #BCAAB4

square

#BCBBAA #AABCB2 #AAABBC #BCAAB4

split-complementary

#BCBBAA #AAB4BC #B2AABC

monochromatic

#848268 #A1A088 #BCBBAA #D7D6CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCBBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBAA

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBAA	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.024 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc3',
    500: '#bcbbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbaa;
$custom-light: #d0cfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78814,
    "c": 0.02351,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBAA

secondary

#DEDFE3

accent

#539650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBAA

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

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