#BCA15D#BCA15D

#BCA15D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.093 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA15D
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 93)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 1.08, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 38.86, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0026 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.093 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4610, 36.9731, 15.6225)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA15D #5D78BC

analogous

#BC715D #BCA15D #A8BC5D

triadic

#BCA15D #5DBCA1 #A15DBC

tetradic

#BCA15D #5DBC71 #5D78BC #BC5DA8

square

#BCA15D #5DBC71 #5D78BC #BC5DA8

split-complementary

#BCA15D #5DA8BC #715DBC

monochromatic

#705D2E #9B8240 #BCA15D #CEBA88 #E0D3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BCA15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA15D

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA15D	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)

#AF9F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.093 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc8c',
    500: '#bca15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca15d;
$custom-light: #d2bc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.947,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA15D

secondary

#A6B2CE

accent

#79D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA15D

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

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