#BCA486#BCA486

#BCA486 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.050 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA486
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(33, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 4.17, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 19.27, 77.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0146 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.05 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3180, 38.9648, 28.0522)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA486 #869EBC

analogous

#BC8986 #BCA486 #B9BC86

triadic

#BCA486 #86BCA4 #A486BC

tetradic

#BCA486 #86BC89 #869EBC #BC86B9

square

#BCA486 #86BC89 #869EBC #BC86B9

split-complementary

#BCA486 #86B9BC #8986BC

monochromatic

#806747 #A6865F #BCA486 #D2C2AD #E8DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA486

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA486	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)

#ADA484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.050 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bea9',
    500: '#bca486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca486;
$custom-light: #d1bea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.05007,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA486

secondary

#C5CED9

accent

#6DA73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA486

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

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