#BCA479#BCA479

#BCA479 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.065 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA479
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 2.48, 25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 25.69, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0091 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.065 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4664, 38.6242, 23.5671)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA479 #7991BC

analogous

#BC8279 #BCA479 #B2BC79

triadic

#BCA479 #79BCA4 #A479BC

tetradic

#BCA479 #79BC82 #7991BC #BC79B2

square

#BCA479 #79BC82 #7991BC #BC79B2

split-complementary

#BCA479 #79B2BC #8279BC

monochromatic

#7C663E #A58853 #BCA479 #D0C0A2 #E5DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA479

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA479	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)

#AFA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.065 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bea0',
    500: '#bca479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca479;
$custom-light: #d1bea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.06455,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA479

secondary

#BCC5D5

accent

#62AC39

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA479

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

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