#BCBDA2#BCBDA2

#BCBDA2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.037 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA2
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(62, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -5.03, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 14.46, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.012 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.037 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.4576, 49.6955, 41.3729)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA2 #A3A2BD

analogous

#BDB1A2 #BCBDA2 #AFBDA2

triadic

#BCBDA2 #A2BCBD #BDA2BC

tetradic

#BCBDA2 #A2BDB1 #A3A2BD #BDA2AF

square

#BCBDA2 #A2BDB1 #A3A2BD #BDA2AF

split-complementary

#BCBDA2 #A2AFBD #B1A2BD

monochromatic

#84865F #A2A47E #BCBDA2 #D6D6C6 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCBDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA2

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA2	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)

#C2BAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.037 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bd',
    500: '#bcbda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda2;
$custom-light: #d0d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79028,
    "c": 0.03703,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA2

secondary

#DAD9E1

accent

#4A9B4D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA2

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

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