#BCA978#BCA978

#BCA978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.069 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA978
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(43, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -0.34, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 27.83, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0009 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.069 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3179, 40.4247, 23.5500)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA978 #788BBC

analogous

#BC8778 #BCA978 #ADBC78

triadic

#BCA978 #78BCA9 #A978BC

tetradic

#BCA978 #78BC87 #788BBC #BC78AD

square

#BCA978 #78BC87 #788BBC #BC78AD

split-complementary

#BCA978 #78ADBC #8778BC

monochromatic

#7C6B3E #A58E52 #BCA978 #D0C3A1 #E5DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BCA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA978

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA978	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.069 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c29f',
    500: '#bca978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca978;
$custom-light: #d1c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.06921,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA978

secondary

#BBC2D5

accent

#59AC39

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA978

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

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