#BCB8AF#BCB8AF

#BCB8AF is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.013 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB8AF
RGB	rgb(188, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(42, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -0.20, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 5.07, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0007 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.013 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6164, 48.0678, 47.4240)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB8AF #AFB3BC

analogous

#BCB1AF #BCB8AF #B9BCAF

triadic

#BCB8AF #AFBCB8 #B8AFBC

tetradic

#BCB8AF #AFBCB1 #AFB3BC #BCAFB9

square

#BCB8AF #AFBCB1 #AFB3BC #BCAFB9

split-complementary

#BCB8AF #AFB9BC #B1AFBC

monochromatic

#837C6E #A09A8E #BCB8AF #D8D6D0 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCB8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BCB8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB8AF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB8AF	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)

#BAB8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.013 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdc6',
    500: '#bcb8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb8af;
$custom-light: #d0cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78329,
    "c": 0.01333,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB8AF

secondary

#E2E3E5

accent

#669353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB8AF

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

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