#BCBCA4#BCBCA4

#BCBCA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.033 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCA4
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -4.18, 12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 12.86, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0097 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.033 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4224, 49.3385, 42.2451)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCA4 #A4A4BC

analogous

#BCB0A4 #BCBCA4 #B0BCA4

triadic

#BCBCA4 #A4BCBC #BCA4BC

tetradic

#BCBCA4 #A4BCB0 #A4A4BC #BCA4B0

square

#BCBCA4 #A4BCB0 #A4A4BC #BCA4B0

split-complementary

#BCBCA4 #A4B0BC #B0A4BC

monochromatic

#848461 #A2A281 #BCBCA4 #D6D6C7 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCBCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCA4

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCA4	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.033 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bf',
    500: '#bcbca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbca4;
$custom-light: #d0d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78869,
    "c": 0.03297,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCA4

secondary

#DADAE1

accent

#4C994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCA4

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

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