#BCA156#BCA156

#BCA156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA156
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 0.46, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 42.30, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.1 90)
XYZ	xyz(35.1650, 36.8547, 14.0637)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA156 #5671BC

analogous

#BC6E56 #BCA156 #A4BC56

triadic

#BCA156 #56BCA1 #A156BC

tetradic

#BCA156 #56BC6E #5671BC #BC56A4

square

#BCA156 #56BC6E #5671BC #BC56A4

split-complementary

#BCA156 #56A4BC #6E56BC

monochromatic

#6D5B2B #98803C #BCA156 #CDB982 #DFD2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BCA156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA156

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA156	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)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc87',
    500: '#bca156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca156;
$custom-light: #d2bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.36853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA156

secondary

#A1ADCD

accent

#76D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA156

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

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