#BCBDA8#BCBDA8

#BCBDA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.029 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA8
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(63, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -4.05, 10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 11.26, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0095 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.029 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0037, 49.9140, 44.2490)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA8 #A9A8BD

analogous

#BDB3A8 #BCBDA8 #B2BDA8

triadic

#BCBDA8 #A8BCBD #BDA8BC

tetradic

#BCBDA8 #A8BDB3 #A9A8BD #BDA8B2

square

#BCBDA8 #A8BDB3 #A9A8BD #BDA8B2

split-complementary

#BCBDA8 #A8B2BD #B3A8BD

monochromatic

#848565 #A1A385 #BCBDA8 #D7D7CB #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BCBDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA8	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)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.029 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c1',
    500: '#bcbda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda8;
$custom-light: #d0d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79179,
    "c": 0.02892,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA8

secondary

#DEDDE3

accent

#4E9851

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA8

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

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