#BCA16C#BCA16C

#BCA16C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.077 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA16C
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 108)
HSL	hsl(40, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 2.60, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 31.35, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0086 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.077 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1917, 37.2654, 19.4710)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA16C #6C87BC

analogous

#BC796C #BCA16C #AFBC6C

triadic

#BCA16C #6CBCA1 #A16CBC

tetradic

#BCA16C #6CBC79 #6C87BC #BC6CAF

square

#BCA16C #6CBC79 #6C87BC #BC6CAF

split-complementary

#BCA16C #6CAFBC #796CBC

monochromatic

#776136 #A1844A #BCA16C #CFBC96 #E2D7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BCA16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA16C

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA16C	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.077 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bc97',
    500: '#bca16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca16c;
$custom-light: #d2bc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA16C

secondary

#B2BDD2

accent

#81CD5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA16C

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

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