#BCB5A2#BCB5A2

#BCB5A2 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.027 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5A2
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(44, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(44, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -0.79, 10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 10.60, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0001 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.027 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7840, 46.3483, 40.8150)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5A2 #A2A9BC

analogous

#BCA8A2 #BCB5A2 #B6BCA2

triadic

#BCB5A2 #A2BCB5 #B5A2BC

tetradic

#BCB5A2 #A2BCA8 #A2A9BC #BCA2B6

square

#BCB5A2 #A2BCA8 #A2A9BC #BCA2B6

split-complementary

#BCB5A2 #A2B6BC #A8A2BC

monochromatic

#847A5F #A2997E #BCB5A2 #D6D1C6 #EFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BCB5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5A2

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5A2	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.027 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbbd',
    500: '#bcb5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5a2;
$custom-light: #d0cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77364,
    "c": 0.02748,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5A2

secondary

#D9DBE1

accent

#609A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5A2

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

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