#BCBEAE#BCBEAE

#BCBEAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.022 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEAE
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(68, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -3.56, 7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 8.61, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0086 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.022 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7914, 50.5744, 47.3330)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEAE #B0AEBE

analogous

#BEB8AE #BCBEAE #B4BEAE

triadic

#BCBEAE #AEBCBE #BEAEBC

tetradic

#BCBEAE #AEBEB8 #B0AEBE #BEAEB4

square

#BCBEAE #AEBEB8 #B0AEBE #BEAEB4

split-complementary

#BCBEAE #AEB4BE #B8AEBE

monochromatic

#83866C #A0A38C #BCBEAE #D8D9D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BCBEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEAE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEAE	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)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.022 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c6',
    500: '#bcbeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeae;
$custom-light: #d0d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79544,
    "c": 0.02219,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEAE

secondary

#817F91

accent

#509559

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEAE

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

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