#BCBBAE#BCBBAE

#BCBBAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.018 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBBAE
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(56, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -1.97, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 6.99, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0041 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.018 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1483, 49.2882, 47.1186)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBBAE #AEAFBC

analogous

#BCB4AE #BCBBAE #B6BCAE

triadic

#BCBBAE #AEBCBB #BBAEBC

tetradic

#BCBBAE #AEBCB4 #AEAFBC #BCAEB6

square

#BCBBAE #AEBCB4 #AEAFBC #BCAEB6

split-complementary

#BCBBAE #AEB6BC #B4AEBC

monochromatic

#83826C #A09F8D #BCBBAE #D8D7CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCBBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBBAE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBBAE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.018 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc6',
    500: '#bcbbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbbae;
$custom-light: #d0cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78921,
    "c": 0.01804,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBBAE

secondary

#E1E1E5

accent

#579352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBBAE

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

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