#BCA487#BCA487

#BCA487 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.049 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA487
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(33, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 4.31, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 18.80, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.015 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.049 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3881, 38.9928, 28.4212)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA487 #879FBC

analogous

#BC8987 #BCA487 #B9BC87

triadic

#BCA487 #87BCA4 #A487BC

tetradic

#BCA487 #87BC89 #879FBC #BC87B9

square

#BCA487 #87BC89 #879FBC #BC87B9

split-complementary

#BCA487 #87B9BC #8987BC

monochromatic

#816748 #A68660 #BCA487 #D2C2AE #E8E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA487

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA487	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.049 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1beaa',
    500: '#bca487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca487;
$custom-light: #d1beaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.83,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73222,
    "c": 0.04898,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA487

secondary

#C6CFD9

accent

#6EA73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA487

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

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