#BCBDAD#BCBDAD

#BCBDAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.022 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDAD
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(64, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -3.21, 7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 8.59, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0075 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.022 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4785, 50.1039, 46.7495)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDAD #AEADBD

analogous

#BDB6AD #BCBDAD #B4BDAD

triadic

#BCBDAD #ADBCBD #BDADBC

tetradic

#BCBDAD #ADBDB6 #AEADBD #BDADB4

square

#BCBDAD #ADBDB6 #AEADBD #BDADB4

split-complementary

#BCBDAD #ADB4BD #B6ADBD

monochromatic

#83856B #A0A28B #BCBDAD #D8D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDAD

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDAD	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.022 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c5',
    500: '#bcbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdad;
$custom-light: #d0d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79309,
    "c": 0.02212,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDAD

secondary

#7F7E90

accent

#519555

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDAD

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

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