#BCB4AE#BCB4AE

#BCB4AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.012 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4AE
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(26, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(26, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, 1.77, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 4.43, 66.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% 0.0063 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.012 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6994, 46.3903, 46.6356)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4AE #AEB6BC

analogous

#BCAEAF #BCB4AE #BCBBAE

triadic

#BCB4AE #AEBCB4 #B4AEBC

tetradic

#BCB4AE #AFBCAE #AEB6BC #BBAEBC

square

#BCB4AE #AFBCAE #AEB6BC #BBAEBC

split-complementary

#BCB4AE #AEBCBB #AEAFBC

monochromatic

#83766C #A0958D #BCB4AE #D8D3CF #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BCB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4AE

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4AE	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.012 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cac6',
    500: '#bcb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4ae;
$custom-light: #d0cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7748,
    "c": 0.01245,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4AE

secondary

#E1E3E5

accent

#779352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4AE

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

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