#BCBCA9#BCBCA9

#BCBCA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.026 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCA9
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -3.35, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 10.19, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0076 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.026 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.8828, 49.5226, 44.6701)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCA9 #A9A9BC

analogous

#BCB3A9 #BCBCA9 #B3BCA9

triadic

#BCBCA9 #A9BCBC #BCA9BC

tetradic

#BCBCA9 #A9BCB3 #A9A9BC #BCA9B3

square

#BCBCA9 #A9BCB3 #A9A9BC #BCA9B3

split-complementary

#BCBCA9 #A9B3BC #B3A9BC

monochromatic

#848467 #A1A187 #BCBCA9 #D7D7CB #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCA9

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCA9	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)

#C0BAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.026 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c2',
    500: '#bcbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbca9;
$custom-light: #d0d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78996,
    "c": 0.02619,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.49522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCA9

secondary

#DEDEE3

accent

#4F974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCA9

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

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