#BCB4A6#BCB4A6

#BCB4A6 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.022 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4A6
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 166)
HSL	hsl(38, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, 0.40, 8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 8.16, 87.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0031 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.022 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9426, 46.0876, 42.6499)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4A6 #A6AEBC

analogous

#BCA9A6 #BCB4A6 #B9BCA6

triadic

#BCB4A6 #A6BCB4 #B4A6BC

tetradic

#BCB4A6 #A6BCA9 #A6AEBC #BCA6B9

square

#BCB4A6 #A6BCA9 #A6AEBC #BCA6B9

split-complementary

#BCB4A6 #A6B9BC #A9A6BC

monochromatic

#847863 #A29783 #BCB4A6 #D6D1C9 #F1EFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCB4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4A6

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4A6	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.022 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cac0',
    500: '#bcb4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4a6;
$custom-light: #d0cac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77262,
    "c": 0.02152,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4A6

secondary

#DCDEE2

accent

#69984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4A6

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

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