#BCBDB0#BCBDB0

#BCBDB0 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.018 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB0
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(65, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -2.69, 6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 6.99, 112.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0063 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.018 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7720, 50.2213, 48.2955)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB0 #B1B0BD

analogous

#BDB8B0 #BCBDB0 #B6BDB0

triadic

#BCBDB0 #B0BCBD #BDB0BC

tetradic

#BCBDB0 #B0BDB8 #B1B0BD #BDB0B6

square

#BCBDB0 #B0BDB8 #B1B0BD #BDB0B6

split-complementary

#BCBDB0 #B0B6BD #B8B0BD

monochromatic

#83846E #A0A18F #BCBDB0 #D8D9D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BCBDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB0

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB0	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)

#BFBCAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.018 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c7',
    500: '#bcbdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb0;
$custom-light: #d0d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.01801,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB0

secondary

#828190

accent

#539357

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB0

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

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