#BCAD8A#BCAD8A

#BCAD8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.051 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD8A
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(42, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -0.13, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 19.98, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0022 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.051 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2703, 42.4145, 30.1053)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD8A #8A99BC

analogous

#BC948A #BCAD8A #B2BC8A

triadic

#BCAD8A #8ABCAD #AD8ABC

tetradic

#BCAD8A #8ABC94 #8A99BC #BC8AB2

square

#BCAD8A #8ABC94 #8A99BC #BC8AB2

split-complementary

#BCAD8A #8AB2BC #948ABC

monochromatic

#81714A #A69263 #BCAD8A #D2C8B1 #E9E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCAD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCAD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD8A

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD8A	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.051 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ac',
    500: '#bcad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad8a;
$custom-light: #d0c5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.05083,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD8A

secondary

#C8CDDA

accent

#5EA640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD8A

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

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