#BCBCA0#BCBCA0

#BCBCA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.038 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCA0
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -4.82, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 15.00, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0114 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.038 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0669, 49.1963, 40.3726)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCA0 #A0A0BC

analogous

#BCAEA0 #BCBCA0 #AEBCA0

triadic

#BCBCA0 #A0BCBC #BCA0BC

tetradic

#BCBCA0 #A0BCAE #A0A0BC #BCA0AE

square

#BCBCA0 #A0BCAE #A0A0BC #BCA0AE

split-complementary

#BCBCA0 #A0AEBC #AEA0BC

monochromatic

#84845D #A3A37C #BCBCA0 #D5D5C4 #EFEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCBCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCBCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCA0

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCA0	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.038 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bc',
    500: '#bcbca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbca0;
$custom-light: #d0d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7877,
    "c": 0.03836,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCA0

secondary

#D8D8E0

accent

#4A9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCA0

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

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