#BCA15C#BCA15C

#BCA15C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.094 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA15C
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 92)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 0.99, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 39.35, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0023 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.094 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4170, 36.9555, 15.3907)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA15C #5C77BC

analogous

#BC715C #BCA15C #A7BC5C

triadic

#BCA15C #5CBCA1 #A15CBC

tetradic

#BCA15C #5CBC71 #5C77BC #BC5CA7

square

#BCA15C #5CBC71 #5C77BC #BC5CA7

split-complementary

#BCA15C #5CA7BC #715CBC

monochromatic

#705D2E #9B8140 #BCA15C #CEBA87 #E0D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BCA15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA15C

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA15C	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)

#AF9F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.094 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc8b',
    500: '#bca15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca15c;
$custom-light: #d2bc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.094,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA15C

secondary

#A6B1CE

accent

#79D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA15C

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

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