#BCAE8D#BCAE8D

#BCAE8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.048 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE8D
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(42, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -0.25, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 18.79, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0019 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.048 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6830, 42.8875, 31.3292)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE8D #8D9BBC

analogous

#BC978D #BCAE8D #B3BC8D

triadic

#BCAE8D #8DBCAE #AE8DBC

tetradic

#BCAE8D #8DBC97 #8D9BBC #BC8DB3

square

#BCAE8D #8DBC97 #8D9BBC #BC8DB3

split-complementary

#BCAE8D #8DB3BC #978DBC

monochromatic

#82724C #A59366 #BCAE8D #D3C9B4 #E9E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCAE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCAE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE8D

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE8D	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.048 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ae',
    500: '#bcae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae8d;
$custom-light: #d0c6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75409,
    "c": 0.04795,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE8D

secondary

#CACFDB

accent

#5FA541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE8D

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

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