#BCA151#BCA151

#BCA151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA151
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 0.05, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 44.71, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0018 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.105 91)
XYZ	xyz(34.9706, 36.7769, 13.0396)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA151 #516CBC

analogous

#BC6C51 #BCA151 #A1BC51

triadic

#BCA151 #51BCA1 #A151BC

tetradic

#BCA151 #51BC6C #516CBC #BC51A1

square

#BCA151 #51BC6C #516CBC #BC51A1

split-complementary

#BCA151 #51A1BC #6C51BC

monochromatic

#6A5929 #967F3A #BCA151 #CDB97D #DED1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BCA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA151

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA151	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc84',
    500: '#bca151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca151;
$custom-light: #d3bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.86,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA151

secondary

#9DA9CC

accent

#74D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA151

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

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