#BCBDB1#BCBDB1

#BCBDB1 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.017 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBDB1
RGB	rgb(188, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(65, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -2.51, 5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 6.45, 112.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0059 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.017 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8713, 50.2610, 48.8185)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBDB1 #B2B1BD

analogous

#BDB8B1 #BCBDB1 #B6BDB1

triadic

#BCBDB1 #B1BCBD #BDB1BC

tetradic

#BCBDB1 #B1BDB8 #B2B1BD #BDB1B6

square

#BCBDB1 #B1BDB8 #B2B1BD #BDB1B6

split-complementary

#BCBDB1 #B1B6BD #B8B1BD

monochromatic

#828470 #A0A190 #BCBDB1 #D8D9D2 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BCBDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBDB1

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBDB1	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.017 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c8',
    500: '#bcbdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbdb1;
$custom-light: #d0d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.01664,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBDB1

secondary

#838290

accent

#539258

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBDB1

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

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