#BCBEA8#BCBEA8

#BCBEA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.030 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEA8
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(65, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -4.58, 10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 11.81, 112.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.011 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.03 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2195, 50.3457, 44.3210)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEA8 #AAA8BE

analogous

#BEB5A8 #BCBEA8 #B1BEA8

triadic

#BCBEA8 #A8BCBE #BEA8BC

tetradic

#BCBEA8 #A8BEB5 #AAA8BE #BEA8B1

square

#BCBEA8 #A8BEB5 #AAA8BE #BEA8B1

split-complementary

#BCBEA8 #A8B1BE #B5A8BE

monochromatic

#848765 #A1A485 #BCBEA8 #D7D8CB #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCBEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BCBEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEA8

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEA8	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.030 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c1',
    500: '#bcbea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbea8;
$custom-light: #d0d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79388,
    "c": 0.03033,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEA8

secondary

#7B7991

accent

#4D9954

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEA8

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

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