#BCBCA8#BCBCA8

#BCBCA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.028 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCA8
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -3.52, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 10.73, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0081 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.028 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.7893, 49.4852, 44.1776)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCA8 #A8A8BC

analogous

#BCB2A8 #BCBCA8 #B2BCA8

triadic

#BCBCA8 #A8BCBC #BCA8BC

tetradic

#BCBCA8 #A8BCB2 #A8A8BC #BCA8B2

square

#BCBCA8 #A8BCB2 #A8A8BC #BCA8B2

split-complementary

#BCBCA8 #A8B2BC #B2A8BC

monochromatic

#848466 #A1A185 #BCBCA8 #D7D7CB #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCA8

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCA8	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.028 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c1',
    500: '#bcbca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbca8;
$custom-light: #d0d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7897,
    "c": 0.02756,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.49485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCA8

secondary

#DDDDE3

accent

#4E974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCA8

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

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