#BCA472#BCA472

#BCA472 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.072 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA472
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 114)
HSL	hsl(41, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 1.65, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 29.23, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0063 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.072 85)
XYZ	xyz(37.0527, 38.4587, 21.3878)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA472 #728ABC

analogous

#BC7F72 #BCA472 #AFBC72

triadic

#BCA472 #72BCA4 #A472BC

tetradic

#BCA472 #72BC7F #728ABC #BC72AF

square

#BCA472 #72BC7F #728ABC #BC72AF

split-complementary

#BCA472 #72AFBC #7F72BC

monochromatic

#7A653A #A3874E #BCA472 #D0BF9B #E3DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA472

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA472	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.072 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be9b',
    500: '#bca472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca472;
$custom-light: #d1be9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72789,
    "c": 0.07243,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.38457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA472

secondary

#B6C0D3

accent

#80CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA472

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

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