#BCAB79#BCAB79

#BCAB79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.070 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAB79
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -1.29, 28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 28.04, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0018 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.07 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7538, 41.1989, 23.9962)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAB79 #798ABC

analogous

#BC8979 #BCAB79 #ABBC79

triadic

#BCAB79 #79BCAB #AB79BC

tetradic

#BCAB79 #79BC89 #798ABC #BC79AB

square

#BCAB79 #79BC89 #798ABC #BC79AB

split-complementary

#BCAB79 #79ABBC #8979BC

monochromatic

#7C6D3E #A59053 #BCAB79 #D0C5A2 #E5DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAB79

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAB79	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcab79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.070 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3a0',
    500: '#bcab79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcab79;
$custom-light: #d1c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcab79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7437,
    "c": 0.06968,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAB79

secondary

#BCC2D5

accent

#56AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAB79

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

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