#BCBDA4#BCBDA4

#BCBDA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.034 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA4
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(62, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -4.71, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 13.39, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0112 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.034 109)
XYZ	xyz(45.6368, 49.7672, 42.3166)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA4 #A5A4BD

analogous

#BDB2A4 #BCBDA4 #B0BDA4

triadic

#BCBDA4 #A4BCBD #BDA4BC

tetradic

#BCBDA4 #A4BDB2 #A5A4BD #BDA4B0

square

#BCBDA4 #A4BDB2 #A5A4BD #BDA4B0

split-complementary

#BCBDA4 #A4B0BD #B2A4BD

monochromatic

#848661 #A2A381 #BCBDA4 #D6D7C7 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCBDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA4

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA4	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)

#C1BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.034 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bf',
    500: '#bcbda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda4;
$custom-light: #d0d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79078,
    "c": 0.03434,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.49767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA4

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#4B9A4F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA4

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

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