#BCB5AB#BCB5AB

#BCB5AB is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.016 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5AB
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(35, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(35, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, 0.71, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 6.01, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0036 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.016 77)
XYZ	xyz(44.6128, 46.6798, 45.1801)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5AB #ABB2BC

analogous

#BCACAB #BCB5AB #BABCAB

triadic

#BCB5AB #ABBCB5 #B5ABBC

tetradic

#BCB5AB #ABBCAC #ABB2BC #BCABBA

square

#BCB5AB #ABBCAC #ABB2BC #BCABBA

split-complementary

#BCB5AB #ABBABC #ACABBC

monochromatic

#847969 #A19789 #BCB5AB #D7D3CD #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCB5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5AB

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5AB	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.016 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc4',
    500: '#bcb5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5ab;
$custom-light: #d0cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77602,
    "c": 0.01609,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.46679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5AB

secondary

#DFE1E4

accent

#6D9550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5AB

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

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