#BCA162#BCA162

#BCA162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.088 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA162
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 1.56, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 36.37, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0046 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.088 87)
XYZ	xyz(35.6897, 37.0646, 16.8272)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA162 #627DBC

analogous

#BC7462 #BCA162 #AABC62

triadic

#BCA162 #62BCA1 #A162BC

tetradic

#BCA162 #62BC74 #627DBC #BC62AA

square

#BCA162 #62BC74 #627DBC #BC62AA

split-complementary

#BCA162 #62AABC #7462BC

monochromatic

#735F31 #9E8243 #BCA162 #CEBB8D #E1D4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BCA162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA162

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA162	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)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.088 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc90',
    500: '#bca162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca162;
$custom-light: #d2bc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71896,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.37063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA162

secondary

#AAB5CF

accent

#7CD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA162

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

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