#BCBCAE#BCBCAE

#BCBCAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.019 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCAE
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -2.50, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 7.51, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0056 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.019 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3612, 49.7140, 47.1896)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCAE #AEAEBC

analogous

#BCB5AE #BCBCAE #B5BCAE

triadic

#BCBCAE #AEBCBC #BCAEBC

tetradic

#BCBCAE #AEBCB5 #AEAEBC #BCAEB5

square

#BCBCAE #AEBCB5 #AEAEBC #BCAEB5

split-complementary

#BCBCAE #AEB5BC #B5AEBC

monochromatic

#83836C #A0A08D #BCBCAE #D8D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCBCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCAE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCAE	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)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.019 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c6',
    500: '#bcbcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbcae;
$custom-light: #d0d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79128,
    "c": 0.01936,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCAE

secondary

#E1E1E5

accent

#529352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCAE

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

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