#BCA172#BCA172

#BCA172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.071 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA172
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(38, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 3.27, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 28.34, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.011 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.071 81)
XYZ	xyz(36.5221, 37.3976, 21.2110)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA172 #728DBC

analogous

#BC7C72 #BCA172 #B2BC72

triadic

#BCA172 #72BCA1 #A172BC

tetradic

#BCA172 #72BC7C #728DBC #BC72B2

square

#BCA172 #72BC7C #728DBC #BC72B2

split-complementary

#BCA172 #72B2BC #7C72BC

monochromatic

#7A623A #A3844E #BCA172 #D0BD9B #E3D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA172

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA172	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.071 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc9b',
    500: '#bca172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca172;
$custom-light: #d1bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72173,
    "c": 0.07062,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.37396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA172

secondary

#B6C1D3

accent

#85CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA172

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

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