#BCB49D#BCB49D

#BCB49D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.033 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB49D
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(45, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -1.05, 12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 12.80, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0006 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.033 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1457, 45.7688, 38.4531)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB49D #9DA5BC

analogous

#BCA49D #BCB49D #B4BC9D

triadic

#BCB49D #9DBCB4 #B49DBC

tetradic

#BCB49D #9DBCA4 #9DA5BC #BC9DB4

square

#BCB49D #9DBCA4 #9DA5BC #BC9DB4

split-complementary

#BCB49D #9DB4BC #A49DBC

monochromatic

#84795A #A39879 #BCB49D #D5D0C1 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCB49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB49D

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB49D	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.033 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caba',
    500: '#bcb49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb49d;
$custom-light: #d0caba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77031,
    "c": 0.03302,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB49D

secondary

#D6D8DF

accent

#5E9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB49D

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

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