#BCAE96#BCAE96

#BCAE96 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.037 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE96
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 1.08, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 14.19, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0056 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.037 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3800, 43.1664, 35.0004)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE96 #96A4BC

analogous

#BC9B96 #BCAE96 #B7BC96

triadic

#BCAE96 #96BCAE #AE96BC

tetradic

#BCAE96 #96BC9B #96A4BC #BC96B7

square

#BCAE96 #96BC9B #96A4BC #BC96B7

split-complementary

#BCAE96 #96B7BC #9B96BC

monochromatic

#847254 #A49171 #BCAE96 #D4CBBB #ECE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE96

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE96	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.037 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6b5',
    500: '#bcae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae96;
$custom-light: #d0c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75621,
    "c": 0.03691,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE96

secondary

#D1D5DD

accent

#67A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE96

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

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