#BCBCAB#BCBCAB

#BCBCAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.023 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCAB
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -3.02, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 9.12, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0068 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.023 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0720, 49.5983, 45.6665)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCAB #ABABBC

analogous

#BCB3AB #BCBCAB #B3BCAB

triadic

#BCBCAB #ABBCBC #BCABBC

tetradic

#BCBCAB #ABBCB3 #ABABBC #BCABB3

square

#BCBCAB #ABBCB3 #ABABBC #BCABB3

split-complementary

#BCBCAB #ABB3BC #B3ABBC

monochromatic

#848469 #A1A189 #BCBCAB #D7D7CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BCBCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCAB

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCAB	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.023 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c4',
    500: '#bcbcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcab;
$custom-light: #d0d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79049,
    "c": 0.02347,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCAB

secondary

#DFDFE4

accent

#509550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCAB

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

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