#BCAE8B#BCAE8B

#BCAE8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.050 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE8B
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 139)
HSL	hsl(43, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -0.53, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 19.83, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0011 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.05 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5355, 42.8285, 30.5525)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE8B #8B99BC

analogous

#BC968B #BCAE8B #B2BC8B

triadic

#BCAE8B #8BBCAE #AE8BBC

tetradic

#BCAE8B #8BBC96 #8B99BC #BC8BB2

square

#BCAE8B #8BBC96 #8B99BC #BC8BB2

split-complementary

#BCAE8B #8BB2BC #968BBC

monochromatic

#82724B #A69364 #BCAE8B #D2C9B2 #E9E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCAE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCAE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE8B

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE8B	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.050 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ad',
    500: '#bcae8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae8b;
$custom-light: #d0c6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75365,
    "c": 0.05042,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE8B

secondary

#C9CEDA

accent

#5DA540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE8B

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

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