#BCBFA6#BCBFA6

#BCBFA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.034 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFA6
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(67, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -5.43, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 13.42, 113.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0133 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.034 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2520, 50.7064, 43.4197)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFA6 #A9A6BF

analogous

#BFB6A6 #BCBFA6 #AFBFA6

triadic

#BCBFA6 #A6BCBF #BFA6BC

tetradic

#BCBFA6 #A6BFB6 #A9A6BF #BFA6AF

square

#BCBFA6 #A6BFB6 #A9A6BF #BFA6AF

split-complementary

#BCBFA6 #A6AFBF #B6A6BF

monochromatic

#848862 #A1A582 #BCBFA6 #D7D9CA #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BCBFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFA6

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFA6	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#C3BCA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.034 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c0',
    500: '#bcbfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfa6;
$custom-light: #d0d2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79546,
    "c": 0.03446,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFA6

secondary

#7A7793

accent

#4B9B54

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFA6

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

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