#BCBDA0#BCBDA0

#BCBDA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.040 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA0
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 160)
HSL	hsl(62, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -5.35, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 15.52, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0129 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.04 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2812, 49.6250, 40.4440)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA0 #A1A0BD

analogous

#BDAFA0 #BCBDA0 #ADBDA0

triadic

#BCBDA0 #A0BCBD #BDA0BC

tetradic

#BCBDA0 #A0BDAF #A1A0BD #BDA0AD

square

#BCBDA0 #A0BDAF #A1A0BD #BDA0AD

split-complementary

#BCBDA0 #A0ADBD #AFA0BD

monochromatic

#84865D #A3A47C #BCBDA0 #D5D6C4 #EFEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCBDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA0

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA0	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.040 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bc',
    500: '#bcbda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda0;
$custom-light: #d0d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7898,
    "c": 0.03971,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA0

secondary

#D8D8E1

accent

#499C4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA0

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

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