#BCA159#BCA159

#BCA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA159
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 0.72, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 40.83, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0011 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.097 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2884, 36.9041, 14.7137)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA159 #5974BC

analogous

#BC7059 #BCA159 #A6BC59

triadic

#BCA159 #59BCA1 #A159BC

tetradic

#BCA159 #59BC70 #5974BC #BC59A6

square

#BCA159 #59BC70 #5974BC #BC59A6

split-complementary

#BCA159 #59A6BC #7059BC

monochromatic

#6E5C2C #9A813E #BCA159 #CEBA85 #DFD2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BCA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA159

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA159	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc89',
    500: '#bca159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca159;
$custom-light: #d2bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71762,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA159

secondary

#A3AFCD

accent

#78D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA159

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

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