#BCBEA1#BCBEA1

#BCBEA1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.040 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA1
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 161)
HSL	hsl(64, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -5.71, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 15.53, 111.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0139 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.04 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5849, 50.0918, 40.9785)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA1 #A3A1BE

analogous

#BEB2A1 #BCBEA1 #AEBEA1

triadic

#BCBEA1 #A1BCBE #BEA1BC

tetradic

#BCBEA1 #A1BEB2 #A3A1BE #BEA1AE

square

#BCBEA1 #A1BEB2 #A3A1BE #BEA1AE

split-complementary

#BCBEA1 #A1AEBE #B2A1BE

monochromatic

#84875D #A2A57D #BCBEA1 #D6D7C5 #F0F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCBEA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCBEA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA1

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA1	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.040 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1bc',
    500: '#bcbea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea1;
$custom-light: #d0d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79214,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA1

secondary

#747292

accent

#499D4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA1

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

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