#BCBFA0#BCBFA0

#BCBFA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.042 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFA0
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(66, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -6.40, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 16.60, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0158 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.042 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7144, 50.4913, 40.5884)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFA0 #A3A0BF

analogous

#BFB3A0 #BCBFA0 #ADBFA0

triadic

#BCBFA0 #A0BCBF #BFA0BC

tetradic

#BCBFA0 #A0BFB3 #A3A0BF #BFA0AD

square

#BCBFA0 #A0BFB3 #A3A0BF #BFA0AD

split-complementary

#BCBFA0 #A0ADBF #B3A0BF

monochromatic

#84895C #A2A67B #BCBFA0 #D6D8C5 #F0F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BCBFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFA0

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFA0	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.042 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2bc',
    500: '#bcbfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfa0;
$custom-light: #d0d2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.794,
    "c": 0.04249,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFA0

secondary

#747093

accent

#489E50

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFA0

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

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