#BCAE9E#BCAE9E

#BCAE9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.028 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE9E
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(32, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(32, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 2.32, 10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 10.29, 76.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0089 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.028 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0463, 43.4329, 38.5096)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE9E #9EACBC

analogous

#BC9F9E #BCAE9E #BBBC9E

triadic

#BCAE9E #9EBCAE #AE9EBC

tetradic

#BCAE9E #9EBC9F #9EACBC #BC9EBB

square

#BCAE9E #9EBC9F #9EACBC #BC9EBB

split-complementary

#BCAE9E #9EBBBC #9F9EBC

monochromatic

#84715B #A3907A #BCAE9E #D5CCC2 #EEEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCAE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCAE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE9E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE9E	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.028 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ba',
    500: '#bcae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae9e;
$custom-light: #d0c6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.02759,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE9E

secondary

#D6DBE0

accent

#709D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE9E

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

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