#BCAB8D#BCAB8D

#BCAB8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.046 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB8D
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 141)
HSL	hsl(38, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 1.36, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 17.75, 85.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0065 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.046 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1099, 41.7413, 31.1381)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB8D #8D9EBC

analogous

#BC948D #BCAB8D #B6BC8D

triadic

#BCAB8D #8DBCAB #AB8DBC

tetradic

#BCAB8D #8DBC94 #8D9EBC #BC8DB6

square

#BCAB8D #8DBC94 #8D9EBC #BC8DB6

split-complementary

#BCAB8D #8DB6BC #948DBC

monochromatic

#826F4C #A58F66 #BCAB8D #D3C7B4 #E9E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCAB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB8D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB8D	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.046 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ae',
    500: '#bcab8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab8d;
$custom-light: #d0c4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.04571,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB8D

secondary

#CAD0DB

accent

#65A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB8D

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

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