#bcac9d

Color #bcac9d

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 10.53 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bcac9d

RGB

rgb(188, 172, 157)

HSL

hsl(29, 18.8%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(29, 16.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 16.5%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(71.3, 3.24, 9.8)

LCH

lch(71.3, 10.32, 71.71)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.028, 65.54)

HWB

hwb(29, 61.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dadbc

Analogous

#bc9d9d

#bcac9d

#bcbb9d

Triadic

#bcac9d

#9dbcac

#ac9dbc

Split-complementary

#bcac9d

#9dbcbb

#9d9dbc

Tetradic

#bcac9d

#adbc9d

#9dadbc

#ac9dbc

Square

#bcac9d

#9dbc9d

#9dadbc

#bb9dbc

Shades

Color #bcac9d mixed toward black.

#a58f7b

#89725d

#665646

#44392f

#221d17

Tints

Color #bcac9d mixed toward white.

#c7baad

#d2c8be

#ddd5ce

#e9e3de

#f4f1ef

Tones

Color #bcac9d mixed toward gray.

#b9ac9f

#b7aca2

#b4aca5

#b2aca7

#afacaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5a1 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#b6b7a2 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#bba4a4 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 8.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bcac9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcac9d]

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Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#bcac9d (#bcac9d) is rgb(188, 172, 157) in RGB.

No, #bcac9d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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