#BCA59E#BCA59E

#BCA59E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.029 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA59E
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(14, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 7.21, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 9.84, 42.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0229 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.029 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3655, 40.0713, 37.9493)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA59E #9EB5BC

analogous

#BC9EA6 #BCA59E #BCB49E

triadic

#BCA59E #9EBCA5 #A59EBC

tetradic

#BCA59E #A6BC9E #9EB5BC #B49EBC

square

#BCA59E #A6BC9E #9EB5BC #B49EBC

split-complementary

#BCA59E #9EBCB4 #9EA6BC

monochromatic

#84655B #A3837A #BCA59E #D5C7C2 #EEE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCA59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BCA59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA59E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA59E	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.029 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfba',
    500: '#bca59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca59e;
$custom-light: #d0bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73998,
    "c": 0.02887,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA59E

secondary

#D6DDE0

accent

#899D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA59E

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

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