#BCA485#BCA485

#BCA485 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.051 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA485
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 133)
HSL	hsl(34, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 4.03, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 19.75, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0141 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.051 74)
XYZ	xyz(38.2486, 38.9370, 27.6866)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA485 #859DBC

analogous

#BC8885 #BCA485 #B9BC85

triadic

#BCA485 #85BCA4 #A485BC

tetradic

#BCA485 #85BC88 #859DBC #BC85B9

square

#BCA485 #85BC88 #859DBC #BC85B9

split-complementary

#BCA485 #85B9BC #8885BC

monochromatic

#806746 #A6875D #BCA485 #D2C1AD #E7DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA485

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA485	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.051 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bea8',
    500: '#bca485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca485;
$custom-light: #d1bea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73177,
    "c": 0.05115,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.38936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA485

secondary

#C4CDD8

accent

#6CA83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA485

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

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