#BCA165#BCA165

#BCA165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.085 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA165
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 1.86, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 34.87, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0058 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.085 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8340, 37.1223, 17.5872)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA165 #6580BC

analogous

#BC7665 #BCA165 #ACBC65

triadic

#BCA165 #65BCA1 #A165BC

tetradic

#BCA165 #65BC76 #6580BC #BC65AC

square

#BCA165 #65BC76 #6580BC #BC65AC

split-complementary

#BCA165 #65ACBC #7665BC

monochromatic

#746033 #9F8345 #BCA165 #CFBB90 #E1D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BCA165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA165

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA165	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.085 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc92',
    500: '#bca165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca165;
$custom-light: #d2bc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA165

secondary

#ADB8D0

accent

#7DCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA165

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

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