#BCA591#BCA591

#BCA591 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.039 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA591
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(28, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 5.20, 13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 14.42, 68.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0176 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.039 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3052, 39.6471, 32.3648)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA591 #91A8BC

analogous

#BC9192 #BCA591 #BCBA91

triadic

#BCA591 #91BCA5 #A591BC

tetradic

#BCA591 #92BC91 #91A8BC #BA91BC

square

#BCA591 #92BC91 #91A8BC #BA91BC

split-complementary

#BCA591 #91BCBA #9192BC

monochromatic

#836850 #A5866B #BCA591 #D3C4B7 #EAE3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BCA591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA591

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA591	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.039 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb1',
    500: '#bca591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca591;
$custom-light: #d0bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.907,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.03891,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA591

secondary

#CDD5DC

accent

#76A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA591

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

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