#BCA15E#BCA15E

#BCA15E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA15E
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 1.18, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 38.36, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.003 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.092 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5056, 36.9909, 15.8573)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA15E #5E79BC

analogous

#BC725E #BCA15E #A8BC5E

triadic

#BCA15E #5EBCA1 #A15EBC

tetradic

#BCA15E #5EBC72 #5E79BC #BC5EA8

square

#BCA15E #5EBC72 #5E79BC #BC5EA8

split-complementary

#BCA15E #5EA8BC #725EBC

monochromatic

#715E2F #9C8241 #BCA15E #CEBA89 #E0D3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA15E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA15E	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc8d',
    500: '#bca15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca15e;
$custom-light: #d2bc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.766,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71835,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA15E

secondary

#A7B3CF

accent

#7AD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA15E

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

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