#BCBBAB#BCBBAB

#BCBBAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.022 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBAB
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(56, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -2.49, 8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 8.60, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0053 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.022 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.8592, 49.1726, 45.5955)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBAB #ABACBC

analogous

#BCB2AB #BCBBAB #B4BCAB

triadic

#BCBBAB #ABBCBB #BBABBC

tetradic

#BCBBAB #ABBCB2 #ABACBC #BCABB4

square

#BCBBAB #ABBCB2 #ABACBC #BCABB4

split-complementary

#BCBBAB #ABB4BC #B2ABBC

monochromatic

#848269 #A19F89 #BCBBAB #D7D7CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BCBBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBAB

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBAB	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)

#BEBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.022 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc4',
    500: '#bcbbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbab;
$custom-light: #d0cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78841,
    "c": 0.02214,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBAB

secondary

#DFDFE4

accent

#549550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBAB

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

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