#BCBDA9#BCBDA9

#BCBDA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.028 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDA9
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(63, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -3.88, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 10.73, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0091 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.028 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0972, 49.9514, 44.7415)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDA9 #AAA9BD

analogous

#BDB4A9 #BCBDA9 #B2BDA9

triadic

#BCBDA9 #A9BCBD #BDA9BC

tetradic

#BCBDA9 #A9BDB4 #AAA9BD #BDA9B2

square

#BCBDA9 #A9BDB4 #AAA9BD #BDA9B2

split-complementary

#BCBDA9 #A9B2BD #B4A9BD

monochromatic

#848566 #A1A286 #BCBDA9 #D7D8CC #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BCBDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDA9

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDA9	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.028 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c2',
    500: '#bcbda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbda9;
$custom-light: #d0d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79205,
    "c": 0.02757,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDA9

secondary

#DEDEE4

accent

#4E9752

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDA9

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

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