#BCAEA9#BCAEA9

#BCAEA9 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.018 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEA9
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 169)
HSL	hsl(16, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 4.14, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 6.02, 46.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0134 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.018 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0359, 43.8287, 43.7211)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEA9 #A9B7BC

analogous

#BCA9AE #BCAEA9 #BCB7A9

triadic

#BCAEA9 #A9BCAE #AEA9BC

tetradic

#BCAEA9 #AEBCA9 #A9B7BC #B7A9BC

square

#BCAEA9 #AEBCA9 #A9B7BC #B7A9BC

split-complementary

#BCAEA9 #A9BCB7 #A9AEBC

monochromatic

#846E67 #A18E87 #BCAEA9 #D7CECB #F2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCAEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCAEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEA9

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEA9	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.018 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6c2',
    500: '#bcaea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaea9;
$custom-light: #d0c6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76118,
    "c": 0.01769,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEA9

secondary

#DEE2E3

accent

#84974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEA9

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

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