#BCA697#BCA697

#BCA697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.033 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA697
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(24, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 5.56, 10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 12.06, 62.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0185 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.033 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9612, 40.1992, 34.9263)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA697 #97ADBC

analogous

#BC979B #BCA697 #BCB997

triadic

#BCA697 #97BCA6 #A697BC

tetradic

#BCA697 #9BBC97 #97ADBC #B997BC

square

#BCA697 #9BBC97 #97ADBC #B997BC

split-complementary

#BCA697 #97BCB9 #979BBC

monochromatic

#846855 #A48672 #BCA697 #D4C6BC #ECE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA697

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA697	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.033 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0b5',
    500: '#bca697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca697;
$custom-light: #d0c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.324,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.03338,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA697

secondary

#D1D9DD

accent

#7BA045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA697

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

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