#BCAB9E#BCAB9E

#BCAB9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.027 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB9E
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 158)
HSL	hsl(26, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(26, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 3.95, 8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 9.75, 66.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.0136 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.027 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4732, 42.2867, 38.3185)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB9E #9EAFBC

analogous

#BC9EA0 #BCAB9E #BCBA9E

triadic

#BCAB9E #9EBCAB #AB9EBC

tetradic

#BCAB9E #A0BC9E #9EAFBC #BA9EBC

square

#BCAB9E #A0BC9E #9EAFBC #BA9EBC

split-complementary

#BCAB9E #9EBCBA #9EA0BC

monochromatic

#846D5B #A38C7A #BCAB9E #D5CAC2 #EEEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCAB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB9E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB9E	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.027 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ba',
    500: '#bcab9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab9e;
$custom-light: #d0c4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7521,
    "c": 0.02693,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB9E

secondary

#D6DCE0

accent

#789D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB9E

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

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