#BCA579#BCA579

#BCA579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.065 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA579
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 1.94, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 25.99, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0076 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.065 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6461, 38.9835, 23.6270)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA579 #7990BC

analogous

#BC8379 #BCA579 #B1BC79

triadic

#BCA579 #79BCA5 #A579BC

tetradic

#BCA579 #79BC83 #7990BC #BC79B1

square

#BCA579 #79BC83 #7990BC #BC79B1

split-complementary

#BCA579 #79B1BC #8379BC

monochromatic

#7C673E #A58953 #BCA579 #D0C0A2 #E5DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA579

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA579	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.065 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfa0',
    500: '#bca579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca579;
$custom-light: #d1bfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.06517,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA579

secondary

#BCC4D5

accent

#61AC39

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA579

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

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