#BCBFA9#BCBFA9

#BCBFA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.030 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFA9
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(68, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -4.94, 10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 11.83, 114.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0121 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.03 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5304, 50.8177, 44.8859)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFA9 #ACA9BF

analogous

#BFB7A9 #BCBFA9 #B1BFA9

triadic

#BCBFA9 #A9BCBF #BFA9BC

tetradic

#BCBFA9 #A9BFB7 #ACA9BF #BFA9B1

square

#BCBFA9 #A9BFB7 #ACA9BF #BFA9B1

split-complementary

#BCBFA9 #A9B1BF #B7A9BF

monochromatic

#838865 #A1A586 #BCBFA9 #D7D9CC #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCBFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BCBFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFA9

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFA9	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)

#C3BDA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.030 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c2',
    500: '#bcbfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfa9;
$custom-light: #d0d2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79622,
    "c": 0.03042,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFA9

secondary

#7D7A93

accent

#4D9957

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFA9

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

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