#BCA480#BCA480

#BCA480 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.057 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA480
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(36, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 3.37, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 22.20, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0121 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.057 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9114, 38.8021, 25.9104)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA480 #8098BC

analogous

#BC8680 #BCA480 #B6BC80

triadic

#BCA480 #80BCA4 #A480BC

tetradic

#BCA480 #80BC86 #8098BC #BC80B6

square

#BCA480 #80BC86 #8098BC #BC80B6

split-complementary

#BCA480 #80B6BC #8680BC

monochromatic

#7F6743 #A78758 #BCA480 #D1C1A8 #E6DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BCA480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA480

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA480	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.057 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bea5',
    500: '#bca480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca480;
$custom-light: #d1bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.05669,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA480

secondary

#C1CAD7

accent

#68AA3C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA480

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

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