#BCBDA3#BCBDA3

#BCBDA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.036 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA3
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(62, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -4.87, 13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 13.93, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0116 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.036 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.5468, 49.7312, 41.8429)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA3 #A4A3BD

analogous

#BDB1A3 #BCBDA3 #AFBDA3

triadic

#BCBDA3 #A3BCBD #BDA3BC

tetradic

#BCBDA3 #A3BDB1 #A4A3BD #BDA3AF

square

#BCBDA3 #A3BDB1 #A4A3BD #BDA3AF

split-complementary

#BCBDA3 #A3AFBD #B1A3BD

monochromatic

#848660 #A2A37F #BCBDA3 #D6D7C7 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCBDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA3

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA3	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)

#C2BBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.036 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0be',
    500: '#bcbda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda3;
$custom-light: #d0d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79053,
    "c": 0.03568,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA3

secondary

#DADAE2

accent

#4B9B4E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA3

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

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