#BCA161#BCA161

#BCA161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.089 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA161
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 1.46, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 36.87, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0042 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.089 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6428, 37.0458, 16.5801)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA161 #617CBC

analogous

#BC7361 #BCA161 #A9BC61

triadic

#BCA161 #61BCA1 #A161BC

tetradic

#BCA161 #61BC73 #617CBC #BC61A9

square

#BCA161 #61BC73 #617CBC #BC61A9

split-complementary

#BCA161 #61A9BC #7361BC

monochromatic

#725F30 #9D8243 #BCA161 #CEBB8C #E0D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA161

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA161	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)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.089 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc8f',
    500: '#bca161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca161;
$custom-light: #d2bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71881,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA161

secondary

#AAB5CF

accent

#7BD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA161

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

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