#BCA496#BCA496

#BCA496 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.035 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA496
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(22, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 6.50, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 12.34, 58.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0212 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.035 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5196, 39.4454, 34.3802)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA496 #96AEBC

analogous

#BC969B #BCA496 #BCB796

triadic

#BCA496 #96BCA4 #A496BC

tetradic

#BCA496 #9BBC96 #96AEBC #B796BC

square

#BCA496 #9BBC96 #96AEBC #B796BC

split-complementary

#BCA496 #96BCB7 #969BBC

monochromatic

#846654 #A48471 #BCA496 #D4C4BB #ECE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA496

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA496	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.035 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb4',
    500: '#bca496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca496;
$custom-light: #d0bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.03454,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA496

secondary

#D1D9DD

accent

#7FA145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA496

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

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