#BCBFA3#BCBFA3

#BCBFA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.038 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFA3
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 163)
HSL	hsl(66, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -5.92, 13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 15.01, 113.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0146 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.038 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9800, 50.5976, 41.9873)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFA3 #A6A3BF

analogous

#BFB4A3 #BCBFA3 #AEBFA3

triadic

#BCBFA3 #A3BCBF #BFA3BC

tetradic

#BCBFA3 #A3BFB4 #A6A3BF #BFA3AE

square

#BCBFA3 #A3BFB4 #A6A3BF #BFA3AE

split-complementary

#BCBFA3 #A3AEBF #B4A3BF

monochromatic

#84895F #A2A67F #BCBFA3 #D6D8C7 #F1F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BCBFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFA3

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFA3	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BCA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.038 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2be',
    500: '#bcbfa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfa3;
$custom-light: #d0d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79472,
    "c": 0.03848,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFA3

secondary

#777493

accent

#499C52

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFA3

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

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