#BCAE9C#BCAE9C

#BCAE9C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.030 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE9C
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(34, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(34, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 2.01, 11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 11.23, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0081 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.03 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8756, 43.3646, 37.6103)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE9C #9CAABC

analogous

#BC9E9C #BCAE9C #BABC9C

triadic

#BCAE9C #9CBCAE #AE9CBC

tetradic

#BCAE9C #9CBC9E #9CAABC #BC9CBA

square

#BCAE9C #9CBC9E #9CAABC #BC9CBA

split-complementary

#BCAE9C #9CBABC #9E9CBC

monochromatic

#847159 #A39078 #BCAE9C #D5CCC0 #EDEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCAE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCAE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE9C

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE9C	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.030 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6b9',
    500: '#bcae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae9c;
$custom-light: #d0c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.02984,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE9C

secondary

#D5D9DF

accent

#6D9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE9C

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

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