#BCBEA4#BCBEA4

#BCBEA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.036 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA4
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(65, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -5.23, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 13.93, 112.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0127 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.036 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8526, 50.1989, 42.3886)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA4 #A6A4BE

analogous

#BEB3A4 #BCBEA4 #AFBEA4

triadic

#BCBEA4 #A4BCBE #BEA4BC

tetradic

#BCBEA4 #A4BEB3 #A6A4BE #BEA4AF

square

#BCBEA4 #A4BEB3 #A6A4BE #BEA4AF

split-complementary

#BCBEA4 #A4AFBE #B3A4BE

monochromatic

#848761 #A2A580 #BCBEA4 #D6D8C8 #F1F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BCBEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA4

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA4	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)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.036 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1bf',
    500: '#bcbea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea4;
$custom-light: #d0d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79287,
    "c": 0.03573,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA4

secondary

#777592

accent

#4B9B51

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA4

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

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