#BCBFA8#BCBFA8

#BCBFA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.032 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFA8
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(68, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -5.10, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 12.36, 114.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0125 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.032 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4369, 50.7803, 44.3934)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFA8 #ABA8BF

analogous

#BFB6A8 #BCBFA8 #B0BFA8

triadic

#BCBFA8 #A8BCBF #BFA8BC

tetradic

#BCBFA8 #A8BFB6 #ABA8BF #BFA8B0

square

#BCBFA8 #A8BFB6 #ABA8BF #BFA8B0

split-complementary

#BCBFA8 #A8B0BF #B6A8BF

monochromatic

#848864 #A1A585 #BCBFA8 #D7D9CB #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BCBFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFA8

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFA8	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.032 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c1',
    500: '#bcbfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfa8;
$custom-light: #d0d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.03177,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFA8

secondary

#7C7993

accent

#4C9956

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFA8

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

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