#BCBEAD#BCBEAD

#BCBEAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.024 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEAD
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(67, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(67, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -3.73, 8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 9.14, 114.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.009 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.024 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6943, 50.5356, 46.8215)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEAD #AFADBE

analogous

#BEB7AD #BCBEAD #B3BEAD

triadic

#BCBEAD #ADBCBE #BEADBC

tetradic

#BCBEAD #ADBEB7 #AFADBE #BEADB3

square

#BCBEAD #ADBEB7 #AFADBE #BEADB3

split-complementary

#BCBEAD #ADB3BE #B7ADBE

monochromatic

#83866A #A0A38B #BCBEAD #D8D9CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BCBEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEAD

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEAD	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.024 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c5',
    500: '#bcbead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbead;
$custom-light: #d0d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79517,
    "c": 0.02354,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEAD

secondary

#807E91

accent

#509658

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEAD

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

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