#BCA99E#BCA99E

#BCA99E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.027 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA99E
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(22, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 5.03, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 9.60, 58.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0167 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.027 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0983, 41.5368, 38.1935)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA99E #9EB1BC

analogous

#BC9EA2 #BCA99E #BCB89E

triadic

#BCA99E #9EBCA9 #A99EBC

tetradic

#BCA99E #A2BC9E #9EB1BC #B89EBC

square

#BCA99E #A2BC9E #9EB1BC #B89EBC

split-complementary

#BCA99E #9EBCB8 #9EA2BC

monochromatic

#846A5B #A3897A #BCA99E #D5C9C2 #EEE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCA99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA99E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA99E	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.027 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2ba',
    500: '#bca99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca99e;
$custom-light: #d0c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74804,
    "c": 0.02711,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA99E

secondary

#D6DCE0

accent

#7E9D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA99E

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

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