#BCA299#BCA299

#BCA299 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.033 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA299
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(15, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 8.05, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 11.49, 45.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0255 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.033 40)
XYZ	xyz(39.4091, 38.8331, 35.5504)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA299 #99B3BC

analogous

#BC99A2 #BCA299 #BCB499

triadic

#BCA299 #99BCA2 #A299BC

tetradic

#BCA299 #A2BC99 #99B3BC #B499BC

square

#BCA299 #A2BC99 #99B3BC #B499BC

split-complementary

#BCA299 #99BCB4 #99A2BC

monochromatic

#846257 #A48074 #BCA299 #D4C4BE #EDE5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA299

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA299	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.033 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdb7',
    500: '#bca299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca299;
$custom-light: #d0bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73262,
    "c": 0.03336,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.38832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA299

secondary

#D3DBDE

accent

#889F46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA299

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

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