#BCA059#BCA059

#BCA059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.096 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA059
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 1.26, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 40.53, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0027 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.096 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1144, 36.5560, 14.6557)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA059 #5975BC

analogous

#BC6F59 #BCA059 #A7BC59

triadic

#BCA059 #59BCA0 #A059BC

tetradic

#BCA059 #59BC6F #5975BC #BC59A7

square

#BCA059 #59BC6F #5975BC #BC59A7

split-complementary

#BCA059 #59A7BC #6F59BC

monochromatic

#6E5C2C #9A803E #BCA059 #CEB985 #DFD2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BCA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BCA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA059

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA059	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.096 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb89',
    500: '#bca059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca059;
$custom-light: #d2bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.03,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71555,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA059

secondary

#A3AFCD

accent

#79D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA059

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

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