#BCBCA6#BCBCA6

#BCBCA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.030 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCA6
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -3.85, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 11.80, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0089 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.03 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6044, 49.4113, 43.2038)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCA6 #A6A6BC

analogous

#BCB1A6 #BCBCA6 #B1BCA6

triadic

#BCBCA6 #A6BCBC #BCA6BC

tetradic

#BCBCA6 #A6BCB1 #A6A6BC #BCA6B1

square

#BCBCA6 #A6BCB1 #A6A6BC #BCA6B1

split-complementary

#BCBCA6 #A6B1BC #B1A6BC

monochromatic

#848463 #A2A283 #BCBCA6 #D6D6C9 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BCBCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCA6

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCA6	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.030 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c0',
    500: '#bcbca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbca6;
$custom-light: #d0d0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78919,
    "c": 0.03027,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCA6

secondary

#DCDCE2

accent

#4D984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCA6

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

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