#BCB49E#BCB49E

#BCB49E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.032 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB49E
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(44, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -0.90, 12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 12.28, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0002 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.032 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2315, 45.8031, 38.9046)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB49E #9EA6BC

analogous

#BCA59E #BCB49E #B5BC9E

triadic

#BCB49E #9EBCB4 #B49EBC

tetradic

#BCB49E #9EBCA5 #9EA6BC #BC9EB5

square

#BCB49E #9EBCA5 #9EA6BC #BC9EB5

split-complementary

#BCB49E #9EB5BC #A59EBC

monochromatic

#84795B #A3987A #BCB49E #D5D0C2 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCB49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCB49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB49E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB49E	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.032 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caba',
    500: '#bcb49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb49e;
$custom-light: #d0caba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77056,
    "c": 0.03172,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB49E

secondary

#D6D9E0

accent

#5F9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB49E

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

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