#BCB5AA#BCB5AA

#BCB5AA is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.017 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5AA
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(37, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(37, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, 0.54, 6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 6.50, 85.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0032 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.017 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5178, 46.6418, 44.6800)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5AA #AAB1BC

analogous

#BCACAA #BCB5AA #BABCAA

triadic

#BCB5AA #AABCB5 #B5AABC

tetradic

#BCB5AA #AABCAC #AAB1BC #BCAABA

square

#BCB5AA #AABCAC #AAB1BC #BCAABA

split-complementary

#BCB5AA #AABABC #ACAABC

monochromatic

#847968 #A19788 #BCB5AA #D7D3CC #F2F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5AA

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5AA	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.017 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc3',
    500: '#bcb5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5aa;
$custom-light: #d0cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77575,
    "c": 0.0173,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5AA

secondary

#DEE0E3

accent

#6B9650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5AA

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

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