#BCBEB1#BCBEB1

#BCBEB1 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.018 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBEB1
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 177)
HSL	hsl(69, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -3.04, 6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 7.01, 115.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0073 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.018 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0872, 50.6927, 48.8905)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBEB1 #B3B1BE

analogous

#BEBAB1 #BCBEB1 #B6BEB1

triadic

#BCBEB1 #B1BCBE #BEB1BC

tetradic

#BCBEB1 #B1BEBA #B3B1BE #BEB1B6

square

#BCBEB1 #B1BEBA #B3B1BE #BEB1B6

split-complementary

#BCBEB1 #B1B6BE #BAB1BE

monochromatic

#82856F #9FA290 #BCBEB1 #D9DAD2 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBEB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BCBEB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBEB1

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBEB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBEB1	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbeb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.018 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c8',
    500: '#bcbeb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbeb1;
$custom-light: #d0d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbeb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79624,
    "c": 0.0181,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBEB1

secondary

#848291

accent

#52935C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBEB1

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

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