#BCA15B#BCA15B

#BCA15B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.095 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA15B
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 0.90, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 39.85, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0019 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.095 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3736, 36.9381, 15.1620)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA15B #5B76BC

analogous

#BC715B #BCA15B #A6BC5B

triadic

#BCA15B #5BBCA1 #A15BBC

tetradic

#BCA15B #5BBC71 #5B76BC #BC5BA6

square

#BCA15B #5BBC71 #5B76BC #BC5BA6

split-complementary

#BCA15B #5BA6BC #715BBC

monochromatic

#6F5D2D #9B813F #BCA15B #CEBA86 #E0D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BCA15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA15B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA15B	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.095 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc8b',
    500: '#bca15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca15b;
$custom-light: #d2bc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.299,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71791,
    "c": 0.095,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA15B

secondary

#A5B0CE

accent

#78D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA15B

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

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