#BCB8AE#BCB8AE

#BCB8AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.015 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8AE
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(43, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(43, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -0.38, 5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 5.59, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% 0.0003 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.015 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5186, 48.0287, 46.9087)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8AE #AEB2BC

analogous

#BCB1AE #BCB8AE #B9BCAE

triadic

#BCB8AE #AEBCB8 #B8AEBC

tetradic

#BCB8AE #AEBCB1 #AEB2BC #BCAEB9

square

#BCB8AE #AEBCB1 #AEB2BC #BCAEB9

split-complementary

#BCB8AE #AEB9BC #B1AEBC

monochromatic

#837D6C #A09B8D #BCB8AE #D8D5CF #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8AE

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8AE	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.015 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc6',
    500: '#bcb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8ae;
$custom-light: #d0cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.01464,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8AE

secondary

#E1E2E5

accent

#659352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8AE

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

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