#BCB197#BCB197

#BCB197 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.038 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB197
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -0.38, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 14.74, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0014 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.038 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0469, 44.3708, 35.6216)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB197 #97A2BC

analogous

#BC9F97 #BCB197 #B5BC97

triadic

#BCB197 #97BCB1 #B197BC

tetradic

#BCB197 #97BC9F #97A2BC #BC97B5

square

#BCB197 #97BC9F #97A2BC #BC97B5

split-complementary

#BCB197 #97B5BC #9F97BC

monochromatic

#847655 #A49572 #BCB197 #D4CDBC #ECE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BCB197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB197

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB197	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.038 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8b5',
    500: '#bcb197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb197;
$custom-light: #d0c8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76263,
    "c": 0.03798,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB197

secondary

#D1D5DD

accent

#60A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB197

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

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