#BCB198#BCB198

#BCB198 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.037 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB198
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 152)
HSL	hsl(42, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -0.23, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 14.22, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0019 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.037 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1285, 44.4034, 36.0511)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB198 #98A3BC

analogous

#BC9F98 #BCB198 #B5BC98

triadic

#BCB198 #98BCB1 #B198BC

tetradic

#BCB198 #98BC9F #98A3BC #BC98B5

square

#BCB198 #98BC9F #98A3BC #BC98B5

split-complementary

#BCB198 #98B5BC #9F98BC

monochromatic

#847656 #A49573 #BCB198 #D4CDBD #ECE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCB198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCB198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB198

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB198	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.037 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8b6',
    500: '#bcb198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb198;
$custom-light: #d0c8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.03671,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB198

secondary

#D2D6DE

accent

#61A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB198

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

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