#BCBEA0#BCBEA0

#BCBEA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.041 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA0
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 160)
HSL	hsl(64, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 15.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -5.87, 14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 16.06, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0143 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.041 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4971, 50.0567, 40.5160)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA0 #A2A0BE

analogous

#BEB1A0 #BCBEA0 #ADBEA0

triadic

#BCBEA0 #A0BCBE #BEA0BC

tetradic

#BCBEA0 #A0BEB1 #A2A0BE #BEA0AD

square

#BCBEA0 #A0BEB1 #A2A0BE #BEA0AD

split-complementary

#BCBEA0 #A0ADBE #B1A0BE

monochromatic

#84875C #A2A57C #BCBEA0 #D6D7C4 #EFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BCBEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA0

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA0	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.041 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1bc',
    500: '#bcbea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea0;
$custom-light: #d0d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7919,
    "c": 0.04108,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA0

secondary

#737192

accent

#489D4E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA0

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

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