#BCBDA5#BCBDA5

#BCBDA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.033 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA5
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(63, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -4.54, 12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 12.86, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0108 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.033 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7274, 49.8035, 42.7941)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA5 #A6A5BD

analogous

#BDB2A5 #BCBDA5 #B0BDA5

triadic

#BCBDA5 #A5BCBD #BDA5BC

tetradic

#BCBDA5 #A5BDB2 #A6A5BD #BDA5B0

square

#BCBDA5 #A5BDB2 #A6A5BD #BDA5B0

split-complementary

#BCBDA5 #A5B0BD #B2A5BD

monochromatic

#848662 #A2A382 #BCBDA5 #D6D7C8 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BCBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA5

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA5	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.033 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0bf',
    500: '#bcbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda5;
$custom-light: #d0d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79103,
    "c": 0.03298,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA5

secondary

#DCDBE2

accent

#4C9A4F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA5

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

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