#BCA153#BCA153

#BCA153 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA153
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 0.21, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 43.75, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0011 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.103 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0467, 36.8074, 13.4405)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA153 #536EBC

analogous

#BC6C53 #BCA153 #A3BC53

triadic

#BCA153 #53BCA1 #A153BC

tetradic

#BCA153 #53BC6C #536EBC #BC53A3

square

#BCA153 #53BC6C #536EBC #BC53A3

split-complementary

#BCA153 #53A3BC #6C53BC

monochromatic

#6B5A2A #977F3B #BCA153 #CDB97F #DED1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#BCA153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA153

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA153	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)

#B09F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc85',
    500: '#bca153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca153;
$custom-light: #d3bc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA153

secondary

#9FAACC

accent

#75D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA153

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

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