#BCA8A0#BCA8A0

#BCA8A0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.026 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A0
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(17, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 5.90, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 8.98, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.019 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.026 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0865, 41.2356, 39.0458)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A0 #A0B4BC

analogous

#BCA0A6 #BCA8A0 #BCB6A0

triadic

#BCA8A0 #A0BCA8 #A8A0BC

tetradic

#BCA8A0 #A6BCA0 #A0B4BC #B6A0BC

square

#BCA8A0 #A6BCA0 #A0B4BC #B6A0BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A0 #A0BCB6 #A0A6BC

monochromatic

#84685D #A3877C #BCA8A0 #D5C9C4 #EFEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A0

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A0	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.026 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1bc',
    500: '#bca8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a0;
$custom-light: #d0c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74656,
    "c": 0.02604,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A0

secondary

#D8DEE0

accent

#849C4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A0

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

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