#BCA490#BCA490

#BCA490 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.040 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA490
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(27, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 5.59, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 14.71, 67.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0187 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.04 62)
XYZ	xyz(39.0487, 39.2571, 31.9006)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA490 #90A8BC

analogous

#BC9092 #BCA490 #BCBA90

triadic

#BCA490 #90BCA4 #A490BC

tetradic

#BCA490 #92BC90 #90A8BC #BA90BC

square

#BCA490 #92BC90 #90A8BC #BA90BC

split-complementary

#BCA490 #90BCBA #9092BC

monochromatic

#83664F #A5856A #BCA490 #D3C3B6 #EAE3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BCA490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA490

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA490	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.040 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb0',
    500: '#bca490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca490;
$custom-light: #d0bfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.03979,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA490

secondary

#CCD5DB

accent

#77A342

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA490

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

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