#BCBDAB#BCBDAB

#BCBDAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.025 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDAB
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(63, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -3.55, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 9.66, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0083 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.025 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2864, 50.0270, 45.7379)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDAB #ACABBD

analogous

#BDB5AB #BCBDAB #B3BDAB

triadic

#BCBDAB #ABBCBD #BDABBC

tetradic

#BCBDAB #ABBDB5 #ACABBD #BDABB3

square

#BCBDAB #ABBDB5 #ACABBD #BDABB3

split-complementary

#BCBDAB #ABB3BD #B5ABBD

monochromatic

#838569 #A1A289 #BCBDAB #D7D8CD #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BCBDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDAB

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDAB	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.025 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c4',
    500: '#bcbdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdab;
$custom-light: #d0d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79257,
    "c": 0.02484,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDAB

secondary

#7D7C90

accent

#4F9653

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDAB

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

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