#BCA899#BCA899

#BCA899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.032 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA899
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(26, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(26, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 4.78, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 11.44, 65.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0162 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.032 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4913, 40.9975, 35.9111)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA899 #99ADBC

analogous

#BC999C #BCA899 #BCBA99

triadic

#BCA899 #99BCA8 #A899BC

tetradic

#BCA899 #9CBC99 #99ADBC #BA99BC

square

#BCA899 #9CBC99 #99ADBC #BA99BC

split-complementary

#BCA899 #99BCBA #999CBC

monochromatic

#846A57 #A48874 #BCA899 #D4C8BE #EDE7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BCA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA899

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA899	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.032 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1b7',
    500: '#bca899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca899;
$custom-light: #d0c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7447,
    "c": 0.0315,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA899

secondary

#D3D9DE

accent

#799F46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA899

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

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