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#BCAEA3

Greige · light warm orange

About #BCAEA3

With the hex code #BCAEA3, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 68% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 13% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Greige — a ΔE of 2.0 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A3B1BC, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red188
Green174
Blue163

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 2.0
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 7.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BCAEA3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #BCAEA3.
2.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #BCAEA3.
9.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCAEA3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCAEA3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2AFA2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B6B2A3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1ABAB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCAEA3?

With the hex code #BCAEA3, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 68% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 13% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCAEA3?

Use black text. Black on #BCAEA3 has a contrast ratio of 9.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCAEA3?

Its complementary colour is #A3B1BC, and analogous partners are #BCA3A4 and #BCBBA3.