#BCBFA5#BCBFA5

#BCBFA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.036 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFA5
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(67, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -5.59, 12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 13.95, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0137 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.036 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1606, 50.6698, 42.9385)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFA5 #A8A5BF

analogous

#BFB5A5 #BCBFA5 #AFBFA5

triadic

#BCBFA5 #A5BCBF #BFA5BC

tetradic

#BCBFA5 #A5BFB5 #A8A5BF #BFA5AF

square

#BCBFA5 #A5BFB5 #A8A5BF #BFA5AF

split-complementary

#BCBFA5 #A5AFBF #B5A5BF

monochromatic

#848961 #A1A681 #BCBFA5 #D7D8C9 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCBFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BCBFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFA5

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFA5	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.036 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2bf',
    500: '#bcbfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfa5;
$custom-light: #d0d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79522,
    "c": 0.03581,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFA5

secondary

#797693

accent

#4A9B54

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFA5

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

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