#BCA889#BCA889

#BCA889 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.049 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA889
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 137)
HSL	hsl(36, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 2.42, 18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 18.85, 82.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0095 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.049 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2574, 40.5039, 29.4122)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA889 #899DBC

analogous

#BC8E89 #BCA889 #B6BC89

triadic

#BCA889 #89BCA8 #A889BC

tetradic

#BCA889 #89BC8E #899DBC #BC89B6

square

#BCA889 #89BC8E #899DBC #BC89B6

split-complementary

#BCA889 #89B6BC #8E89BC

monochromatic

#816B49 #A68B62 #BCA889 #D2C5B0 #E8E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCA889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA889

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA889	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.049 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1ab',
    500: '#bca889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca889;
$custom-light: #d0c1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74084,
    "c": 0.04857,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA889

secondary

#C7CED9

accent

#68A63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA889

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

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