#BCB2AD#BCB2AD

#BCB2AD is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.013 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2AD
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(20, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(20, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 2.67, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 4.66, 55.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0089 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.013 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2014, 45.5498, 45.9905)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2AD #ADB7BC

analogous

#BCADAF #BCB2AD #BCB9AD

triadic

#BCB2AD #ADBCB2 #B2ADBC

tetradic

#BCB2AD #AFBCAD #ADB7BC #B9ADBC

square

#BCB2AD #AFBCAD #ADB7BC #B9ADBC

split-complementary

#BCB2AD #ADBCB9 #ADAFBC

monochromatic

#83736B #A0928B #BCB2AD #D8D2CF #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCB2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BCB2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2AD

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2AD	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.013 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9c5',
    500: '#bcb2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2ad;
$custom-light: #d0c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77044,
    "c": 0.01349,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2AD

secondary

#E0E3E4

accent

#7E9451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2AD

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

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