#BCAC8B#BCAC8B

#BCAC8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.049 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAC8B
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 139)
HSL	hsl(40, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 0.54, 19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 19.11, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0041 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.049 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1520, 42.0615, 30.4247)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAC8B #8B9BBC

analogous

#BC948B #BCAC8B #B4BC8B

triadic

#BCAC8B #8BBCAC #AC8BBC

tetradic

#BCAC8B #8BBC94 #8B9BBC #BC8BB4

square

#BCAC8B #8BBC94 #8B9BBC #BC8BB4

split-complementary

#BCAC8B #8BB4BC #948BBC

monochromatic

#82704B #A69064 #BCAC8B #D2C8B2 #E9E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCAC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAC8B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAC8B	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AB89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcac8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.049 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ad',
    500: '#bcac8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcac8b;
$custom-light: #d0c4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcac8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.04883,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAC8B

secondary

#C9CEDA

accent

#61A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAC8B

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

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