#BCA573#BCA573

#BCA573 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.072 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA573
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 115)
HSL	hsl(41, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 1.22, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 29.04, 87.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0051 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.072 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2895, 38.8409, 21.7491)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA573 #738ABC

analogous

#BC8173 #BCA573 #AFBC73

triadic

#BCA573 #73BCA5 #A573BC

tetradic

#BCA573 #73BC81 #738ABC #BC73AF

square

#BCA573 #73BC81 #738ABC #BC73AF

split-complementary

#BCA573 #73AFBC #8173BC

monochromatic

#7A663A #A4894E #BCA573 #D0C09C #E4DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BCA573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA573

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA573	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.072 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf9c',
    500: '#bca573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca573;
$custom-light: #d1bf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.096,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA573

secondary

#B7C0D4

accent

#7FCB5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA573

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

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