#BCA178#BCA178

#BCA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.064 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA178
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(36, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 3.98, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 25.36, 80.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0135 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.064 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8749, 37.5387, 23.0690)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA178 #7893BC

analogous

#BC7F78 #BCA178 #B5BC78

triadic

#BCA178 #78BCA1 #A178BC

tetradic

#BCA178 #78BC7F #7893BC #BC78B5

square

#BCA178 #78BC7F #7893BC #BC78B5

split-complementary

#BCA178 #78B5BC #7F78BC

monochromatic

#7C633E #A58452 #BCA178 #D0BDA1 #E5DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA178

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA178	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.064 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc9f',
    500: '#bca178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca178;
$custom-light: #d1bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.06406,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA178

secondary

#BBC5D5

accent

#67AC39

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA178

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

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