#BCA478#BCA478

#BCA478 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.066 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA478
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(39, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 2.36, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 26.19, 84.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0087 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.066 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4054, 38.5998, 23.2458)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA478 #7890BC

analogous

#BC8278 #BCA478 #B2BC78

triadic

#BCA478 #78BCA4 #A478BC

tetradic

#BCA478 #78BC82 #7890BC #BC78B2

square

#BCA478 #78BC82 #7890BC #BC78B2

split-complementary

#BCA478 #78B2BC #8278BC

monochromatic

#7C663E #A58852 #BCA478 #D0C0A1 #E5DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA478

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA478	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.066 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be9f',
    500: '#bca478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca478;
$custom-light: #d1be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72904,
    "c": 0.06568,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA478

secondary

#BBC4D5

accent

#62AC39

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA478

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

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