#BCBEA7#BCBEA7

#BCBEA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.032 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA7
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 167)
HSL	hsl(65, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -4.74, 11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 12.34, 112.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0114 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.032 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1267, 50.3085, 43.8322)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA7 #A9A7BE

analogous

#BEB4A7 #BCBEA7 #B1BEA7

triadic

#BCBEA7 #A7BCBE #BEA7BC

tetradic

#BCBEA7 #A7BEB4 #A9A7BE #BEA7B1

square

#BCBEA7 #A7BEB4 #A9A7BE #BEA7B1

split-complementary

#BCBEA7 #A7B1BE #B4A7BE

monochromatic

#848764 #A1A484 #BCBEA7 #D7D8CA #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBEA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BCBEA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA7

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA7	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.032 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c1',
    500: '#bcbea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea7;
$custom-light: #d0d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 15.033,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79362,
    "c": 0.03168,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA7

secondary

#7A7891

accent

#4C9953

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA7

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

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