#BCA278#BCA278

#BCA278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.065 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA278
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 3.44, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 25.62, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0119 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.065 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0503, 37.8896, 23.1274)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA278 #7892BC

analogous

#BC8078 #BCA278 #B4BC78

triadic

#BCA278 #78BCA2 #A278BC

tetradic

#BCA278 #78BC80 #7892BC #BC78B4

square

#BCA278 #78BC80 #7892BC #BC78B4

split-complementary

#BCA278 #78B4BC #8078BC

monochromatic

#7C643E #A58552 #BCA278 #D0BEA1 #E5DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA278

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA278	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.065 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd9f',
    500: '#bca278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca278;
$custom-light: #d1bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.06455,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA278

secondary

#BBC5D5

accent

#65AC39

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA278

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

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