#BCBDAE#BCBDAE

#BCBDAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.021 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDAE
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(64, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -3.03, 7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 8.05, 112.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0071 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.021 110)
XYZ	xyz(46.5756, 50.1427, 47.2610)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDAE #AFAEBD

analogous

#BDB6AE #BCBDAE #B4BDAE

triadic

#BCBDAE #AEBCBD #BDAEBC

tetradic

#BCBDAE #AEBDB6 #AFAEBD #BDAEB4

square

#BCBDAE #AEBDB6 #AFAEBD #BDAEB4

split-complementary

#BCBDAE #AEB4BD #B6AEBD

monochromatic

#83856C #A0A28C #BCBDAE #D8D8D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BCBDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDAE

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDAE	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.021 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c6',
    500: '#bcbdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdae;
$custom-light: #d0d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.02075,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.50143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDAE

secondary

#807F90

accent

#519456

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDAE

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

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