#BCBBAD#BCBBAD

#BCBBAD is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.019 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBAD
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(56, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -2.15, 7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 7.53, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0045 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.019 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0512, 49.2494, 46.6071)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBAD #ADAEBC

analogous

#BCB3AD #BCBBAD #B5BCAD

triadic

#BCBBAD #ADBCBB #BBADBC

tetradic

#BCBBAD #ADBCB3 #ADAEBC #BCADB5

square

#BCBBAD #ADBCB3 #ADAEBC #BCADB5

split-complementary

#BCBBAD #ADB5BC #B3ADBC

monochromatic

#83826B #A09F8B #BCBBAD #D8D7CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BCBBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBAD

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBAD	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.019 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc5',
    500: '#bcbbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbad;
$custom-light: #d0cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78894,
    "c": 0.01941,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBAD

secondary

#E0E1E4

accent

#569451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBAD

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

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