#BCA173#BCA173

#BCA173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.070 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA173
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(38, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 3.39, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 27.84, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0114 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.07 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5793, 37.4204, 21.5124)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA173 #738EBC

analogous

#BC7D73 #BCA173 #B3BC73

triadic

#BCA173 #73BCA1 #A173BC

tetradic

#BCA173 #73BC7D #738EBC #BC73B3

square

#BCA173 #73BC7D #738EBC #BC73B3

split-complementary

#BCA173 #73B3BC #7D73BC

monochromatic

#7A633A #A4844E #BCA173 #D0BD9C #E4D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA173

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA173	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)

#ADA170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.070 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc9b',
    500: '#bca173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca173;
$custom-light: #d1bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA173

secondary

#B7C2D4

accent

#85CB5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA173

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

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