#BCBDA7#BCBDA7

#BCBDA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.030 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA7
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 167)
HSL	hsl(63, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -4.21, 11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 11.79, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.01 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.03 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9109, 49.8768, 43.7603)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA7 #A8A7BD

analogous

#BDB3A7 #BCBDA7 #B1BDA7

triadic

#BCBDA7 #A7BCBD #BDA7BC

tetradic

#BCBDA7 #A7BDB3 #A8A7BD #BDA7B1

square

#BCBDA7 #A7BDB3 #A8A7BD #BDA7B1

split-complementary

#BCBDA7 #A7B1BD #B3A7BD

monochromatic

#848564 #A1A384 #BCBDA7 #D7D7CA #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBDA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCBDA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA7

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA7	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.030 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c1',
    500: '#bcbda7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda7;
$custom-light: #d0d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79153,
    "c": 0.03028,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA7

secondary

#DDDDE3

accent

#4D9850

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA7

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

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