#BCA980#BCA980

#BCA980 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.060 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA980
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 128)
HSL	hsl(41, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 0.67, 23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 23.72, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0042 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.06 86)
XYZ	xyz(38.8238, 40.6270, 26.2146)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA980 #8093BC

analogous

#BC8B80 #BCA980 #B1BC80

triadic

#BCA980 #80BCA9 #A980BC

tetradic

#BCA980 #80BC8B #8093BC #BC80B1

square

#BCA980 #80BC8B #8093BC #BC80B1

split-complementary

#BCA980 #80B1BC #8B80BC

monochromatic

#7F6C43 #A78E58 #BCA980 #D1C4A8 #E6DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCA980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA980

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA980	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.060 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2a5',
    500: '#bca980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca980;
$custom-light: #d1c2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.05978,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.40626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA980

secondary

#C1C8D7

accent

#5FAA3C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA980

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

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