#BCA175#BCA175

#BCA175 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.067 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA175
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 117)
HSL	hsl(37, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 3.62, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 26.85, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0122 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.067 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6957, 37.4670, 22.1251)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA175 #7590BC

analogous

#BC7E75 #BCA175 #B4BC75

triadic

#BCA175 #75BCA1 #A175BC

tetradic

#BCA175 #75BC7E #7590BC #BC75B4

square

#BCA175 #75BC7E #7590BC #BC75B4

split-complementary

#BCA175 #75B4BC #7E75BC

monochromatic

#7B633C #A48450 #BCA175 #D0BD9E #E4D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA175

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA175	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)

#ADA172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.067 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc9d',
    500: '#bca175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca175;
$custom-light: #d1bc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7223,
    "c": 0.06734,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA175

secondary

#B9C3D4

accent

#87CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA175

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

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