#BCABA5#BCABA5

#BCABA5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.022 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABA5
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(16, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 5.09, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 7.35, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0164 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.022 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0930, 42.5346, 41.5826)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABA5 #A5B6BC

analogous

#BCA5AB #BCABA5 #BCB7A5

triadic

#BCABA5 #A5BCAB #ABA5BC

tetradic

#BCABA5 #ABBCA5 #A5B6BC #B7A5BC

square

#BCABA5 #ABBCA5 #A5B6BC #B7A5BC

split-complementary

#BCABA5 #A5BCB7 #A5ABBC

monochromatic

#846B62 #A28A82 #BCABA5 #D6CCC8 #F0ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABA5

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABA5	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.022 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4bf',
    500: '#bcaba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaba5;
$custom-light: #d0c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75399,
    "c": 0.02155,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABA5

secondary

#DBE0E2

accent

#85994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABA5

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

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