#BCB4A8#BCB4A8

#BCB4A8 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.019 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4A8
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(36, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(36, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 0.74, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 7.17, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% 0.0039 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.019 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1275, 46.1615, 43.6236)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4A8 #A8B0BC

analogous

#BCAAA8 #BCB4A8 #BABCA8

triadic

#BCB4A8 #A8BCB4 #B4A8BC

tetradic

#BCB4A8 #A8BCAA #A8B0BC #BCA8BA

square

#BCB4A8 #A8BCAA #A8B0BC #BCA8BA

split-complementary

#BCB4A8 #A8BABC #AAA8BC

monochromatic

#847866 #A19685 #BCB4A8 #D7D2CB #F1F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCB4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4A8

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4A8	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.019 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cac1',
    500: '#bcb4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4a8;
$custom-light: #d0cac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77315,
    "c": 0.01907,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4A8

secondary

#DDDFE3

accent

#6B974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4A8

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

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