#BCA997#BCA997

#BCA997 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.034 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA997
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(29, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(29, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 3.93, 11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 12.43, 71.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0138 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.034 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5129, 41.3027, 35.1102)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA997 #97AABC

analogous

#BC9798 #BCA997 #BCBC97

triadic

#BCA997 #97BCA9 #A997BC

tetradic

#BCA997 #98BC97 #97AABC #BC97BC

square

#BCA997 #98BC97 #97AABC #BC97BC

split-complementary

#BCA997 #97BCBC #9798BC

monochromatic

#846C55 #A48A72 #BCA997 #D4C8BC #ECE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA997

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA997	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.034 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2b5',
    500: '#bca997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca997;
$custom-light: #d0c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.189,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74623,
    "c": 0.03354,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA997

secondary

#D1D8DD

accent

#74A045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA997

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

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