#BCAE8A#BCAE8A

#BCAE8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.052 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE8A
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(43, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -0.67, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 20.35, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0006 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.052 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4628, 42.7995, 30.1695)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE8A #8A98BC

analogous

#BC958A #BCAE8A #B1BC8A

triadic

#BCAE8A #8ABCAE #AE8ABC

tetradic

#BCAE8A #8ABC95 #8A98BC #BC8AB1

square

#BCAE8A #8ABC95 #8A98BC #BC8AB1

split-complementary

#BCAE8A #8AB1BC #958ABC

monochromatic

#81724A #A69363 #BCAE8A #D2C9B1 #E9E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE8A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE8A	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.052 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ac',
    500: '#bcae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae8a;
$custom-light: #d0c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.05165,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE8A

secondary

#C8CDDA

accent

#5CA640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE8A

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

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