#BCBEA6#BCBEA6

#BCBEA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.033 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA6
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 166)
HSL	hsl(65, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -4.91, 11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 12.87, 112.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0118 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.033 111)
XYZ	xyz(46.0347, 50.2717, 43.3472)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA6 #A8A6BE

analogous

#BEB4A6 #BCBEA6 #B0BEA6

triadic

#BCBEA6 #A6BCBE #BEA6BC

tetradic

#BCBEA6 #A6BEB4 #A8A6BE #BEA6B0

square

#BCBEA6 #A6BEB4 #A8A6BE #BEA6B0

split-complementary

#BCBEA6 #A6B0BE #B4A6BE

monochromatic

#848763 #A1A483 #BCBEA6 #D7D8C9 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BCBEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA6

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA6	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)

#C2BCA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.033 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c0',
    500: '#bcbea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea6;
$custom-light: #d0d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79337,
    "c": 0.03304,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.50271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA6

secondary

#797792

accent

#4C9A52

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA6

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

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