#BCA281#BCA281

#BCA281 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.055 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA281
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(34, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 4.58, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 21.21, 77.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0156 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.055 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6224, 38.1184, 26.1404)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA281 #819BBC

analogous

#BC8581 #BCA281 #B9BC81

triadic

#BCA281 #81BCA2 #A281BC

tetradic

#BCA281 #81BC85 #819BBC #BC81B9

square

#BCA281 #81BC85 #819BBC #BC81B9

split-complementary

#BCA281 #81B9BC #8581BC

monochromatic

#7F6544 #A78559 #BCA281 #D1BFA9 #E6DDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA281

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA281	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.055 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bda5',
    500: '#bca281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca281;
$custom-light: #d1bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.559,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.05472,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA281

secondary

#C2CBD7

accent

#6CA93C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA281

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

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