#BCA995#BCA995

#BCA995 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.036 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA995
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 149)
HSL	hsl(31, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 3.62, 12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 13.33, 74.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.013 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.036 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3518, 41.2382, 34.2621)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA995 #95A8BC

analogous

#BC9595 #BCA995 #BBBC95

triadic

#BCA995 #95BCA9 #A995BC

tetradic

#BCA995 #95BC95 #95A8BC #BC95BB

square

#BCA995 #95BC95 #95A8BC #BC95BB

split-complementary

#BCA995 #95BBBC #9595BC

monochromatic

#836C53 #A48B70 #BCA995 #D4C7BA #EBE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCA995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA995

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA995	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.036 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2b4',
    500: '#bca995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca995;
$custom-light: #d0c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.769,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74572,
    "c": 0.03563,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA995

secondary

#D0D6DD

accent

#72A145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA995

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

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