#BCA494#BCA494

#BCA494 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.036 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA494
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(24, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 21.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 6.19, 11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 13.08, 61.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0204 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.036 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3599, 39.3816, 33.5393)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA494 #94ACBC

analogous

#BC9498 #BCA494 #BCB894

triadic

#BCA494 #94BCA4 #A494BC

tetradic

#BCA494 #98BC94 #94ACBC #B894BC

square

#BCA494 #98BC94 #94ACBC #B894BC

split-complementary

#BCA494 #94BCB8 #9498BC

monochromatic

#836652 #A4846E #BCA494 #D4C4BA #EBE4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BCA494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA494

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA494	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.036 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb3',
    500: '#bca494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca494;
$custom-light: #d0bfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 22.989,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.03618,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA494

secondary

#CFD7DD

accent

#7CA144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA494

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

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