#BCA474#BCA474

#BCA474 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.070 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA474
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 116)
HSL	hsl(40, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 1.88, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 28.22, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0071 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.07 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1677, 38.5047, 21.9939)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA474 #748CBC

analogous

#BC8074 #BCA474 #B0BC74

triadic

#BCA474 #74BCA4 #A474BC

tetradic

#BCA474 #74BC80 #748CBC #BC74B0

square

#BCA474 #74BC80 #748CBC #BC74B0

split-complementary

#BCA474 #74B0BC #8074BC

monochromatic

#7B653B #A4884F #BCA474 #D0BF9D #E4DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BCA474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA474

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA474	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.070 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be9c',
    500: '#bca474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca474;
$custom-light: #d1be9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA474

secondary

#B8C1D4

accent

#82CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA474

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

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