#BCABA4#BCABA4

#BCABA4 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.022 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABA4
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(18, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 4.93, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 7.63, 49.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.016 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.022 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0023, 42.4983, 41.1051)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABA4 #A4B5BC

analogous

#BCA4A9 #BCABA4 #BCB7A4

triadic

#BCABA4 #A4BCAB #ABA4BC

tetradic

#BCABA4 #A9BCA4 #A4B5BC #B7A4BC

square

#BCABA4 #A9BCA4 #A4B5BC #B7A4BC

split-complementary

#BCABA4 #A4BCB7 #A4A9BC

monochromatic

#846C61 #A28A81 #BCABA4 #D6CCC7 #F0ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABA4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABA4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.022 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4bf',
    500: '#bcaba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaba4;
$custom-light: #d0c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75371,
    "c": 0.02215,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABA4

secondary

#DADFE1

accent

#83994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABA4

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

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