#BCA169#BCA169

#BCA169 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.080 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA169
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 2.27, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 32.86, 86.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0073 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.08 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0348, 37.2026, 18.6446)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA169 #6984BC

analogous

#BC7869 #BCA169 #AEBC69

triadic

#BCA169 #69BCA1 #A169BC

tetradic

#BCA169 #69BC78 #6984BC #BC69AE

square

#BCA169 #69BC78 #6984BC #BC69AE

split-complementary

#BCA169 #69AEBC #7869BC

monochromatic

#766135 #A08348 #BCA169 #CFBC93 #E2D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BCA169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA169

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA169	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.080 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc94',
    500: '#bca169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca169;
$custom-light: #d2bc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.482,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.0804,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA169

secondary

#B0BBD1

accent

#80CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA169

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

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