#BCA689#BCA689

#BCA689 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.048 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA689
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(34, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 3.50, 17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 18.31, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0127 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.048 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8910, 39.7712, 29.2900)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA689 #899FBC

analogous

#BC8C89 #BCA689 #B8BC89

triadic

#BCA689 #89BCA6 #A689BC

tetradic

#BCA689 #89BC8C #899FBC #BC89B8

square

#BCA689 #89BC8C #899FBC #BC89B8

split-complementary

#BCA689 #89B8BC #8C89BC

monochromatic

#816949 #A68962 #BCA689 #D2C3B0 #E8E1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCA689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA689

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA689	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.048 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0ab',
    500: '#bca689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca689;
$custom-light: #d0c0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.118,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.04759,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA689

secondary

#C7CFD9

accent

#6CA63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA689

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

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