#BCB09E#BCB09E

#BCB09E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.029 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB09E
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 158)
HSL	hsl(36, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(36, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 1.25, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 10.84, 83.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0059 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.029 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4356, 44.2114, 38.6393)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB09E #9EAABC

analogous

#BCA19E #BCB09E #B9BC9E

triadic

#BCB09E #9EBCB0 #B09EBC

tetradic

#BCB09E #9EBCA1 #9EAABC #BC9EB9

square

#BCB09E #9EBCA1 #9EAABC #BC9EB9

split-complementary

#BCB09E #9EB9BC #A19EBC

monochromatic

#84745B #A3937A #BCB09E #D5CDC2 #EEEBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCB09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB09E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB09E	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#B5B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.029 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7ba',
    500: '#bcb09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb09e;
$custom-light: #d0c7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76231,
    "c": 0.02859,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB09E

secondary

#D6DAE0

accent

#6A9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB09E

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

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