#BCC4AE#BCC4AE

#BCC4AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.031 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC4AE
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(82, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(82, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -6.71, 10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 12.13, 123.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0173 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.031 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1178, 53.2272, 47.7751)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC4AE #B6AEC4

analogous

#C4C1AE #BCC4AE #B1C4AE

triadic

#BCC4AE #AEBCC4 #C4AEBC

tetradic

#BCC4AE #AEC4C1 #B6AEC4 #C4AEB1

square

#BCC4AE #AEC4C1 #B6AEC4 #C4AEB1

split-complementary

#BCC4AE #AEB1C4 #C1AEC4

monochromatic

#818F68 #9FAA8B #BCC4AE #D9DED1 #F0F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCC4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BCC4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC4AE

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC4AE	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.031 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5c6',
    500: '#bcc4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc4ae;
$custom-light: #d0d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80798,
    "c": 0.03147,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC4AE

secondary

#887E98

accent

#4C9A68

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC4AE

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

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