#BCBEA3#BCBEA3

#BCBEA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.037 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA3
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 163)
HSL	hsl(64, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -5.39, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 14.47, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0131 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.037 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7627, 50.1629, 41.9148)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA3 #A5A3BE

analogous

#BEB3A3 #BCBEA3 #AFBEA3

triadic

#BCBEA3 #A3BCBE #BEA3BC

tetradic

#BCBEA3 #A3BEB3 #A5A3BE #BEA3AF

square

#BCBEA3 #A3BEB3 #A5A3BE #BEA3AF

split-complementary

#BCBEA3 #A3AFBE #B3A3BE

monochromatic

#84875F #A2A57F #BCBEA3 #D6D7C7 #F0F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BCBEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA3

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA3	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.037 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1be',
    500: '#bcbea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea3;
$custom-light: #d0d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79262,
    "c": 0.03707,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA3

secondary

#767492

accent

#4A9B50

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA3

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

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