#BCB299#BCB299

#BCB299 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.036 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB299
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -0.61, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 14.09, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0008 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.036 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4090, 44.8328, 36.5503)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB299 #99A3BC

analogous

#BCA199 #BCB299 #B5BC99

triadic

#BCB299 #99BCB2 #B299BC

tetradic

#BCB299 #99BCA1 #99A3BC #BC99B5

square

#BCB299 #99BCA1 #99A3BC #BC99B5

split-complementary

#BCB299 #99B5BC #A199BC

monochromatic

#847757 #A49674 #BCB299 #D4CEBE #EDEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB299

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB299	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.036 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9b7',
    500: '#bcb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb299;
$custom-light: #d0c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76519,
    "c": 0.03631,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB299

secondary

#D3D6DE

accent

#609F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB299

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

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