#BCA987#BCA987

#BCA987 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.052 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA987
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(38, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 1.60, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 20.15, 85.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0071 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.052 82)
XYZ	xyz(39.3006, 40.8177, 28.7254)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA987 #879ABC

analogous

#BC8E87 #BCA987 #B4BC87

triadic

#BCA987 #87BCA9 #A987BC

tetradic

#BCA987 #87BC8E #879ABC #BC87B4

square

#BCA987 #87BC8E #879ABC #BC87B4

split-complementary

#BCA987 #87B4BC #8E87BC

monochromatic

#816C48 #A68D60 #BCA987 #D2C5AE #E8E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BCA987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA987

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA987	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.052 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2aa',
    500: '#bca987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca987;
$custom-light: #d1c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.491,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.05151,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.40817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA987

secondary

#C6CDD9

accent

#64A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA987

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

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