#BCBCAD#BCBCAD

#BCBCAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.021 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCAD
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -2.68, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 8.05, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.006 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.021 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2641, 49.6752, 46.6781)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCAD #ADADBC

analogous

#BCB4AD #BCBCAD #B4BCAD

triadic

#BCBCAD #ADBCBC #BCADBC

tetradic

#BCBCAD #ADBCB4 #ADADBC #BCADB4

square

#BCBCAD #ADBCB4 #ADADBC #BCADB4

split-complementary

#BCBCAD #ADB4BC #B4ADBC

monochromatic

#83836B #A0A08B #BCBCAD #D8D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCBCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCAD

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCAD	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.021 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c5',
    500: '#bcbcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcad;
$custom-light: #d0d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79102,
    "c": 0.02073,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCAD

secondary

#E0E0E4

accent

#519451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCAD

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

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