#BCB6A6#BCB6A6

#BCB6A6 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.023 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB6A6
RGB	rgb(188, 182, 166)
HSL	hsl(44, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(44, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -0.67, 8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 8.92, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.0001 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.023 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3493, 46.9009, 42.7855)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB6A6 #A6ACBC

analogous

#BCABA6 #BCB6A6 #B7BCA6

triadic

#BCB6A6 #A6BCB6 #B6A6BC

tetradic

#BCB6A6 #A6BCAB #A6ACBC #BCA6B7

square

#BCB6A6 #A6BCAB #A6ACBC #BCA6B7

split-complementary

#BCB6A6 #A6B7BC #ABA6BC

monochromatic

#847B63 #A29983 #BCB6A6 #D6D3C9 #F1EFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB6A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCB6A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB6A6

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB6A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB6A6	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb6a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 182, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.023 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc0',
    500: '#bcb6a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb6a6;
$custom-light: #d0cbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb6a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77674,
    "c": 0.02322,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB6A6

secondary

#DCDDE2

accent

#62984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB6A6

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

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