#BCB09D#BCB09D

#BCB09D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.030 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB09D
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 157)
HSL	hsl(37, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(37, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 1.09, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 11.33, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0055 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.03 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3499, 44.1771, 38.1878)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB09D #9DA9BC

analogous

#BCA09D #BCB09D #B9BC9D

triadic

#BCB09D #9DBCB0 #B09DBC

tetradic

#BCB09D #9DBCA0 #9DA9BC #BC9DB9

square

#BCB09D #9DBCA0 #9DA9BC #BC9DB9

split-complementary

#BCB09D #9DB9BC #A09DBC

monochromatic

#84745A #A39379 #BCB09D #D5CDC1 #EEEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCB09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB09D

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB09D	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.030 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7ba',
    500: '#bcb09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb09d;
$custom-light: #d0c7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76206,
    "c": 0.02979,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB09D

secondary

#D6D9DF

accent

#699D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB09D

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

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