#BCBEA5#BCBEA5

#BCBEA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.034 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA5
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(65, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -5.07, 12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 13.40, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0123 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.034 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9433, 50.2352, 42.8660)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA5 #A7A5BE

analogous

#BEB4A5 #BCBEA5 #B0BEA5

triadic

#BCBEA5 #A5BCBE #BEA5BC

tetradic

#BCBEA5 #A5BEB4 #A7A5BE #BEA5B0

square

#BCBEA5 #A5BEB4 #A7A5BE #BEA5B0

split-complementary

#BCBEA5 #A5B0BE #B4A5BE

monochromatic

#848762 #A2A481 #BCBEA5 #D6D8C9 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BCBEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA5

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA5	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)

#C2BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.034 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1bf',
    500: '#bcbea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea5;
$custom-light: #d0d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79312,
    "c": 0.03438,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA5

secondary

#787692

accent

#4B9A51

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA5

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

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