#BCA157#BCA157

#BCA157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.099 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA157
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 0.55, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 41.81, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0004 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.099 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2056, 36.8709, 14.2774)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA157 #5772BC

analogous

#BC6F57 #BCA157 #A5BC57

triadic

#BCA157 #57BCA1 #A157BC

tetradic

#BCA157 #57BC6F #5772BC #BC57A5

square

#BCA157 #57BC6F #5772BC #BC57A5

split-complementary

#BCA157 #57A5BC #6F57BC

monochromatic

#6D5C2C #99803D #BCA157 #CDB983 #DFD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BCA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA157

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA157	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)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.099 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc88',
    500: '#bca157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca157;
$custom-light: #d2bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.96,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71734,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA157

secondary

#A2ADCD

accent

#77D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA157

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

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