#BCA481#BCA481

#BCA481 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.056 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA481
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(36, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 3.50, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 21.70, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0125 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.056 77)
XYZ	xyz(37.9775, 38.8286, 26.2588)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA481 #8199BC

analogous

#BC8781 #BCA481 #B7BC81

triadic

#BCA481 #81BCA4 #A481BC

tetradic

#BCA481 #81BC87 #8199BC #BC81B7

square

#BCA481 #81BC87 #8199BC #BC81B7

split-complementary

#BCA481 #81B7BC #8781BC

monochromatic

#7F6744 #A78759 #BCA481 #D1C1A9 #E6DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA481

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA481	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.056 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bea5',
    500: '#bca481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca481;
$custom-light: #d1bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73089,
    "c": 0.05557,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA481

secondary

#C2CAD7

accent

#69A93C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA481

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

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