#BCA596#BCA596

#BCA596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.034 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA596
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(24, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 5.95, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 12.38, 61.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0196 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.034 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6992, 39.8047, 34.4401)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA596 #96ADBC

analogous

#BC969A #BCA596 #BCB896

triadic

#BCA596 #96BCA5 #A596BC

tetradic

#BCA596 #9ABC96 #96ADBC #B896BC

square

#BCA596 #9ABC96 #96ADBC #B896BC

split-complementary

#BCA596 #96BCB8 #969ABC

monochromatic

#846754 #A48571 #BCA596 #D4C5BB #ECE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA596

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA596	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.034 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfb4',
    500: '#bca596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca596;
$custom-light: #d0bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.684,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.03435,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA596

secondary

#D1D8DD

accent

#7CA145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA596

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

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