#BCA8A1#BCA8A1

#BCA8A1 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.025 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8A1
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(16, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 6.06, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 8.71, 45.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0194 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.025 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1744, 41.2707, 39.5084)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8A1 #A1B5BC

analogous

#BCA1A7 #BCA8A1 #BCB5A1

triadic

#BCA8A1 #A1BCA8 #A8A1BC

tetradic

#BCA8A1 #A7BCA1 #A1B5BC #B5A1BC

square

#BCA8A1 #A7BCA1 #A1B5BC #B5A1BC

split-complementary

#BCA8A1 #A1BCB5 #A1A7BC

monochromatic

#84685E #A3877D #BCA8A1 #D5C9C5 #EFEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCA8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8A1

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8A1	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)

#ADAAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.025 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1bc',
    500: '#bca8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8a1;
$custom-light: #d0c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74683,
    "c": 0.02545,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8A1

secondary

#D8DEE0

accent

#869B4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8A1

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

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