#BCAEA8#BCAEA8

#BCAEA8 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.018 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEA8
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(18, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(18, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 3.97, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 6.29, 50.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.013 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.018 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9423, 43.7913, 43.2286)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEA8 #A8B6BC

analogous

#BCA8AC #BCAEA8 #BCB8A8

triadic

#BCAEA8 #A8BCAE #AEA8BC

tetradic

#BCAEA8 #ACBCA8 #A8B6BC #B8A8BC

square

#BCAEA8 #ACBCA8 #A8B6BC #B8A8BC

split-complementary

#BCAEA8 #A8BCB8 #A8ACBC

monochromatic

#846F66 #A18E85 #BCAEA8 #D7CECB #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCAEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCAEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEA8

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEA8	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.018 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6c1',
    500: '#bcaea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaea8;
$custom-light: #d0c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7609,
    "c": 0.0183,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEA8

secondary

#DDE1E3

accent

#81974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEA8

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

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