#BCBDA6#BCBDA6

#BCBDA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.032 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA6
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(63, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -4.38, 11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 12.33, 110.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0104 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.032 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8188, 49.8400, 43.2753)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA6 #A7A6BD

analogous

#BDB3A6 #BCBDA6 #B1BDA6

triadic

#BCBDA6 #A6BCBD #BDA6BC

tetradic

#BCBDA6 #A6BDB3 #A7A6BD #BDA6B1

square

#BCBDA6 #A6BDB3 #A7A6BD #BDA6B1

split-complementary

#BCBDA6 #A6B1BD #B3A6BD

monochromatic

#848663 #A2A383 #BCBDA6 #D6D7C9 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BCBDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA6

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA6	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.032 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c0',
    500: '#bcbda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda6;
$custom-light: #d0d0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79128,
    "c": 0.03164,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA6

secondary

#DCDCE3

accent

#4C9950

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA6

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

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