#BCA577#BCA577

#BCA577 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.067 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA577
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 119)
HSL	hsl(40, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 1.70, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 27.00, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0067 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.067 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5247, 38.9349, 22.9878)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA577 #778EBC

analogous

#BC8277 #BCA577 #B0BC77

triadic

#BCA577 #77BCA5 #A577BC

tetradic

#BCA577 #77BC82 #778EBC #BC77B0

square

#BCA577 #77BC82 #778EBC #BC77B0

split-complementary

#BCA577 #77B0BC #8277BC

monochromatic

#7C673D #A58951 #BCA577 #D0C0A0 #E4DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA577

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA577	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.067 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf9e',
    500: '#bca577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca577;
$custom-light: #d1bf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7309,
    "c": 0.06745,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA577

secondary

#BAC3D5

accent

#5FAD39

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA577

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

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