#BCBCA5#BCBCA5

#BCBCA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.032 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCA5
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -4.02, 11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 12.33, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0093 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.032 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5131, 49.3747, 42.7226)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCA5 #A5A5BC

analogous

#BCB1A5 #BCBCA5 #B1BCA5

triadic

#BCBCA5 #A5BCBC #BCA5BC

tetradic

#BCBCA5 #A5BCB1 #A5A5BC #BCA5B1

square

#BCBCA5 #A5BCB1 #A5A5BC #BCA5B1

split-complementary

#BCBCA5 #A5B1BC #B1A5BC

monochromatic

#848462 #A2A282 #BCBCA5 #D6D6C8 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BCBCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCA5

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCA5	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)

#C0BAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.032 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bf',
    500: '#bcbca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbca5;
$custom-light: #d0d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78894,
    "c": 0.03163,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCA5

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#4D994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCA5

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

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