#BCB5AE#BCB5AE

#BCB5AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.013 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB5AE
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(30, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(30, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 1.23, 4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 4.61, 74.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0048 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.013 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9020, 46.7955, 46.7032)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB5AE #AEB5BC

analogous

#BCAEAE #BCB5AE #BCBCAE

triadic

#BCB5AE #AEBCB5 #B5AEBC

tetradic

#BCB5AE #AEBCAE #AEB5BC #BCAEBC

square

#BCB5AE #AEBCAE #AEB5BC #BCAEBC

split-complementary

#BCB5AE #AEBCBC #AEAEBC

monochromatic

#83786C #A0968D #BCB5AE #D8D4CF #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB5AE

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB5AE	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.013 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc6',
    500: '#bcb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb5ae;
$custom-light: #d0cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77685,
    "c": 0.01266,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB5AE

secondary

#E1E3E5

accent

#739352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB5AE

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

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