#BCA489#BCA489

#BCA489 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.047 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA489
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(32, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(32, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 4.59, 17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 17.85, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0158 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.047 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5302, 39.0497, 29.1698)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA489 #89A1BC

analogous

#BC8A89 #BCA489 #BABC89

triadic

#BCA489 #89BCA4 #A489BC

tetradic

#BCA489 #89BC8A #89A1BC #BC89BA

square

#BCA489 #89BC8A #89A1BC #BC89BA

split-complementary

#BCA489 #89BABC #8A89BC

monochromatic

#816749 #A68662 #BCA489 #D2C2B0 #E8E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BCA489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA489

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA489	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.047 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0beab',
    500: '#bca489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca489;
$custom-light: #d0beab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73268,
    "c": 0.04685,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA489

secondary

#C7D0D9

accent

#70A63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA489

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

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