#BCBCAF#BCBCAF

#BCBCAF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.018 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBCAF
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -2.33, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 6.98, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0052 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.018 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4591, 49.7531, 47.7049)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBCAF #AFAFBC

analogous

#BCB5AF #BCBCAF #B5BCAF

triadic

#BCBCAF #AFBCBC #BCAFBC

tetradic

#BCBCAF #AFBCB5 #AFAFBC #BCAFB5

square

#BCBCAF #AFBCB5 #AFAFBC #BCAFB5

split-complementary

#BCBCAF #AFB5BC #B5AFBC

monochromatic

#83836E #A0A08E #BCBCAF #D8D8D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCBCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBCAF

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBCAF	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.018 106.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79155,
    "c": 0.01799,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBCAF

secondary

#E2E2E5

accent

#539353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBCAF

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

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