#BCA491#BCA491

#BCA491 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.039 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA491
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 145)
HSL	hsl(27, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 5.74, 13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 14.29, 66.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0191 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.039 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1255, 39.2878, 32.3049)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA491 #91A9BC

analogous

#BC9193 #BCA491 #BCBA91

triadic

#BCA491 #91BCA4 #A491BC

tetradic

#BCA491 #93BC91 #91A9BC #BA91BC

square

#BCA491 #93BC91 #91A9BC #BA91BC

split-complementary

#BCA491 #91BCBA #9193BC

monochromatic

#836650 #A5856B #BCA491 #D3C3B7 #EAE3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BCA491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA491

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA491	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.039 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb1',
    500: '#bca491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca491;
$custom-light: #d0bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.512,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73459,
    "c": 0.03885,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA491

secondary

#CDD5DC

accent

#78A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA491

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

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