#BCA985#BCA985

#BCA985 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.054 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA985
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(39, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 1.33, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 21.16, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0063 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.054 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1611, 40.7619, 27.9907)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA985 #8598BC

analogous

#BC8D85 #BCA985 #B3BC85

triadic

#BCA985 #85BCA9 #A985BC

tetradic

#BCA985 #85BC8D #8598BC #BC85B3

square

#BCA985 #85BC8D #8598BC #BC85B3

split-complementary

#BCA985 #85B3BC #8D85BC

monochromatic

#806C46 #A68D5D #BCA985 #D2C5AD #E7E1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BCA985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA985

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA985	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.054 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2a8',
    500: '#bca985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca985;
$custom-light: #d1c2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.273,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.05387,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA985

secondary

#C4CBD8

accent

#62A83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA985

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

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