#BCA498#BCA498

#BCA498 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.033 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA498
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(20, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 6.80, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 11.64, 54.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.022 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.033 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6820, 39.5104, 35.2356)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA498 #98B0BC

analogous

#BC989E #BCA498 #BCB698

triadic

#BCA498 #98BCA4 #A498BC

tetradic

#BCA498 #9EBC98 #98B0BC #B698BC

square

#BCA498 #9EBC98 #98B0BC #B698BC

split-complementary

#BCA498 #98BCB6 #989EBC

monochromatic

#846556 #A48373 #BCA498 #D4C5BD #ECE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BCA498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA498

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA498	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.033 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb6',
    500: '#bca498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca498;
$custom-light: #d0bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73637,
    "c": 0.03303,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA498

secondary

#D2DADE

accent

#82A046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA498

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

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