#BCA174#BCA174

#BCA174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.068 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA174
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 3.50, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 27.34, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0118 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.068 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6372, 37.4436, 21.8171)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA174 #748FBC

analogous

#BC7D74 #BCA174 #B3BC74

triadic

#BCA174 #74BCA1 #A174BC

tetradic

#BCA174 #74BC7D #748FBC #BC74B3

square

#BCA174 #74BC7D #748FBC #BC74B3

split-complementary

#BCA174 #74B3BC #7D74BC

monochromatic

#7B633B #A4844F #BCA174 #D0BD9D #E4D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA174

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA174	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.068 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc9c',
    500: '#bca174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca174;
$custom-light: #d1bc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72211,
    "c": 0.06844,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA174

secondary

#B8C2D4

accent

#86CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA174

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

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