#BCA581#BCA581

#BCA581 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.056 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA581
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(37, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 2.96, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 21.97, 82.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0109 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.056 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1572, 39.1879, 26.3187)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA581 #8198BC

analogous

#BC8881 #BCA581 #B6BC81

triadic

#BCA581 #81BCA5 #A581BC

tetradic

#BCA581 #81BC88 #8198BC #BC81B6

square

#BCA581 #81BC88 #8198BC #BC81B6

split-complementary

#BCA581 #81B6BC #8881BC

monochromatic

#7F6844 #A78859 #BCA581 #D1C2A9 #E6DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BCA581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA581

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA581	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA57F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.056 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfa5',
    500: '#bca581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca581;
$custom-light: #d1bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73293,
    "c": 0.05607,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA581

secondary

#C2CAD7

accent

#67A93C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA581

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

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