#BCBDAF#BCBDAF

#BCBDAF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.019 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDAF
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(64, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -2.86, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 7.52, 112.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0067 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.019 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6734, 50.1819, 47.7764)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDAF #B0AFBD

analogous

#BDB7AF #BCBDAF #B5BDAF

triadic

#BCBDAF #AFBCBD #BDAFBC

tetradic

#BCBDAF #AFBDB7 #B0AFBD #BDAFB5

square

#BCBDAF #AFBDB7 #B0AFBD #BDAFB5

split-complementary

#BCBDAF #AFB5BD #B7AFBD

monochromatic

#83846D #A0A18D #BCBDAF #D8D9D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BCBDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDAF

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDAF	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.019 110.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79363,
    "c": 0.01938,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDAF

secondary

#818090

accent

#529457

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDAF

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

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