#BCA199#BCA199

#BCA199 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.034 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA199
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 153)
HSL	hsl(14, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(14, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 8.60, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 11.63, 42.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0271 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.034 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2337, 38.4822, 35.4919)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA199 #99B4BC

analogous

#BC99A3 #BCA199 #BCB399

triadic

#BCA199 #99BCA1 #A199BC

tetradic

#BCA199 #A3BC99 #99B4BC #B399BC

square

#BCA199 #A3BC99 #99B4BC #B399BC

split-complementary

#BCA199 #99BCB3 #99A3BC

monochromatic

#846157 #A47F74 #BCA199 #D4C3BE #EDE5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BCA199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA199

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA199	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.034 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcb7',
    500: '#bca199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca199;
$custom-light: #d0bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.03401,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA199

secondary

#D3DBDE

accent

#8B9F46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA199

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

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