#BCA989#BCA989

#BCA989 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.049 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA989
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 137)
HSL	hsl(38, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 1.88, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 19.14, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.008 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.049 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4427, 40.8746, 29.4739)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA989 #899CBC

analogous

#BC8F89 #BCA989 #B5BC89

triadic

#BCA989 #89BCA9 #A989BC

tetradic

#BCA989 #89BC8F #899CBC #BC89B5

square

#BCA989 #89BC8F #899CBC #BC89B5

split-complementary

#BCA989 #89B5BC #8F89BC

monochromatic

#816C49 #A68D62 #BCA989 #D2C5B0 #E8E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCA989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA989

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA989	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.049 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2ab',
    500: '#bca989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca989;
$custom-light: #d0c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74289,
    "c": 0.04916,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA989

secondary

#C7CED9

accent

#66A63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F7F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA989

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

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