#BCA274#BCA274

#BCA274 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.069 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA274
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 2.96, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 27.62, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0102 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.069 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8126, 37.7945, 21.8756)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA274 #748EBC

analogous

#BC7E74 #BCA274 #B2BC74

triadic

#BCA274 #74BCA2 #A274BC

tetradic

#BCA274 #74BC7E #748EBC #BC74B2

square

#BCA274 #74BC7E #748EBC #BC74B2

split-complementary

#BCA274 #74B2BC #7E74BC

monochromatic

#7B643B #A4854F #BCA274 #D0BE9D #E4D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA274

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA274	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.069 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd9c',
    500: '#bca274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca274;
$custom-light: #d1bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72416,
    "c": 0.06898,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA274

secondary

#B8C2D4

accent

#85CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA274

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

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