#BCA160#BCA160

#BCA160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.090 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA160
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 1.37, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 37.37, 87.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0038 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.09 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5965, 37.0273, 16.3361)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA160 #607BBC

analogous

#BC7360 #BCA160 #A9BC60

triadic

#BCA160 #60BCA1 #A160BC

tetradic

#BCA160 #60BC73 #607BBC #BC60A9

square

#BCA160 #60BC73 #607BBC #BC60A9

split-complementary

#BCA160 #60A9BC #7360BC

monochromatic

#725E30 #9D8242 #BCA160 #CEBA8B #E0D4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA160

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA160	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.090 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc8e',
    500: '#bca160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca160;
$custom-light: #d2bc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.391,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71865,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA160

secondary

#A9B4CF

accent

#7BD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA160

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

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