#BCAE99#BCAE99

#BCAE99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.033 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE99
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 1.54, 12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 12.69, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0069 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.033 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6247, 43.2642, 36.2889)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE99 #99A7BC

analogous

#BC9D99 #BCAE99 #B9BC99

triadic

#BCAE99 #99BCAE #AE99BC

tetradic

#BCAE99 #99BC9D #99A7BC #BC99B9

square

#BCAE99 #99BC9D #99A7BC #BC99B9

split-complementary

#BCAE99 #99B9BC #9D99BC

monochromatic

#847257 #A49174 #BCAE99 #D4CBBE #EDE9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE99

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE99	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.033 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6b7',
    500: '#bcae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae99;
$custom-light: #d0c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75694,
    "c": 0.03333,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE99

secondary

#D3D7DE

accent

#6A9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE99

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

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