#BCBFB3#BCBFB3

#BCBFB3 is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.017 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBFB3
RGB	rgb(188, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(75, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(75, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -3.22, 5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 6.54, 119.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.008 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.017 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5053, 51.2077, 50.0205)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBFB3 #B6B3BF

analogous

#BFBCB3 #BCBFB3 #B6BFB3

triadic

#BCBFB3 #B3BCBF #BFB3BC

tetradic

#BCBFB3 #B3BFBC #B6B3BF #BFB3B6

square

#BCBFB3 #B3BFBC #B6B3BF #BFB3B6

split-complementary

#BCBFB3 #B3B6BF #BCB3BF

monochromatic

#818671 #9FA392 #BCBFB3 #D9DBD4 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCBFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCBFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBFB3

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBFB3	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.017 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c9',
    500: '#bcbfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbfb3;
$custom-light: #d0d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.01691,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBFB3

secondary

#888492

accent

#539363

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBFB3

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

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