#BCB4A2#BCB4A2

#BCB4A2 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.027 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4A2
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 162)
HSL	hsl(42, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -0.25, 10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 10.20, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0014 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.027 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5814, 45.9431, 40.7475)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4A2 #A2AABC

analogous

#BCA7A2 #BCB4A2 #B7BCA2

triadic

#BCB4A2 #A2BCB4 #B4A2BC

tetradic

#BCB4A2 #A2BCA7 #A2AABC #BCA2B7

square

#BCB4A2 #A2BCA7 #A2AABC #BCA2B7

split-complementary

#BCB4A2 #A2B7BC #A7A2BC

monochromatic

#84795F #A2977E #BCB4A2 #D6D1C6 #EFEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCB4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4A2

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4A2	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.027 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cabd',
    500: '#bcb4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4a2;
$custom-light: #d0cabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77157,
    "c": 0.02657,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4A2

secondary

#D9DBE1

accent

#639A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4A2

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

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