#BCA571#BCA571

#BCA571 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.074 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA571
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 113)
HSL	hsl(42, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 0.99, 30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 30.06, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0043 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.074 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1757, 38.7953, 21.1496)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA571 #7188BC

analogous

#BC8071 #BCA571 #AEBC71

triadic

#BCA571 #71BCA5 #A571BC

tetradic

#BCA571 #71BC80 #7188BC #BC71AE

square

#BCA571 #71BC80 #7188BC #BC71AE

split-complementary

#BCA571 #71AEBC #8071BC

monochromatic

#796639 #A3894D #BCA571 #D0BF9B #E3DAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BCA571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA571

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA571	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.074 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf9a',
    500: '#bca571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca571;
$custom-light: #d1bf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72977,
    "c": 0.07424,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA571

secondary

#B6BFD3

accent

#7ECC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA571

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

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