#BCB0A8#BCB0A8

#BCB0A8 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.018 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0A8
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 168)
HSL	hsl(24, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(24, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 2.89, 5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 6.33, 62.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.01 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.018 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3316, 44.5698, 43.3583)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0A8 #A8B4BC

analogous

#BCA8AA #BCB0A8 #BCBAA8

triadic

#BCB0A8 #A8BCB0 #B0A8BC

tetradic

#BCB0A8 #AABCA8 #A8B4BC #BAA8BC

square

#BCB0A8 #AABCA8 #A8B4BC #BAA8BC

split-complementary

#BCB0A8 #A8BCBA #A8AABC

monochromatic

#847266 #A19185 #BCB0A8 #D7CFCB #F1EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCB0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCB0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0A8

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0A8	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.018 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7c1',
    500: '#bcb0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0a8;
$custom-light: #d0c7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.01785,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0A8

secondary

#DDE0E3

accent

#7A974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0A8

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

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