#BCA155#BCA155

#BCA155 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA155
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 0.38, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 42.78, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0003 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.101 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1250, 36.8387, 13.8530)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA155 #5570BC

analogous

#BC6D55 #BCA155 #A3BC55

triadic

#BCA155 #55BCA1 #A155BC

tetradic

#BCA155 #55BC6D #5570BC #BC55A3

square

#BCA155 #55BC6D #5570BC #BC55A3

split-complementary

#BCA155 #55A3BC #6D55BC

monochromatic

#6C5B2B #98803C #BCA155 #CDB981 #DFD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BCA155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA155

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA155	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc87',
    500: '#bca155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca155;
$custom-light: #d2bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.272,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71708,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA155

secondary

#A0ACCC

accent

#76D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA155

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

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