#BCAE97#BCAE97

#BCAE97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.036 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE97
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(37, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(37, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 1.23, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 13.69, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0061 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.036 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4609, 43.1987, 35.4262)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE97 #97A5BC

analogous

#BC9C97 #BCAE97 #B8BC97

triadic

#BCAE97 #97BCAE #AE97BC

tetradic

#BCAE97 #97BC9C #97A5BC #BC97B8

square

#BCAE97 #97BC9C #97A5BC #BC97B8

split-complementary

#BCAE97 #97B8BC #9C97BC

monochromatic

#847255 #A49172 #BCAE97 #D4CBBC #ECE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE97

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE97	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.036 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6b5',
    500: '#bcae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae97;
$custom-light: #d0c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75645,
    "c": 0.03571,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE97

secondary

#D1D6DD

accent

#68A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE97

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

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