#BCBDA1#BCBDA1

#BCBDA1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.038 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA1
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 161)
HSL	hsl(62, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 14.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -5.19, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 14.99, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0124 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.038 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3690, 49.6601, 40.9066)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA1 #A2A1BD

analogous

#BDB0A1 #BCBDA1 #AEBDA1

triadic

#BCBDA1 #A1BCBD #BDA1BC

tetradic

#BCBDA1 #A1BDB0 #A2A1BD #BDA1AE

square

#BCBDA1 #A1BDB0 #A2A1BD #BDA1AE

split-complementary

#BCBDA1 #A1AEBD #B0A1BD

monochromatic

#84865E #A2A47D #BCBDA1 #D6D6C5 #EFEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBDA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCBDA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA1

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA1	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)

#C2BA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.038 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bc',
    500: '#bcbda1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda1;
$custom-light: #d0d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79004,
    "c": 0.03837,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA1

secondary

#D9D9E1

accent

#4A9C4D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA1

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

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