#BCA975#BCA975

#BCA975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.073 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA975
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 117)
HSL	hsl(44, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -0.69, 29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 29.37, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0003 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.073 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1387, 40.3530, 22.6061)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA975 #7588BC

analogous

#BC8675 #BCA975 #ABBC75

triadic

#BCA975 #75BCA9 #A975BC

tetradic

#BCA975 #75BC86 #7588BC #BC75AB

square

#BCA975 #75BC86 #7588BC #BC75AB

split-complementary

#BCA975 #75ABBC #8675BC

monochromatic

#7B6A3C #A48E50 #BCA975 #D0C39E #E4DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BCA975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA975

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA975	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.073 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c29d',
    500: '#bca975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca975;
$custom-light: #d1c29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73879,
    "c": 0.0727,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA975

secondary

#B9C0D4

accent

#7ACB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA975

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

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