#BCA255#BCA255

#BCA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA255
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -0.16, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 43.09, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0019 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.102 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3005, 37.1896, 13.9115)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA255 #556FBC

analogous

#BC6E55 #BCA255 #A2BC55

triadic

#BCA255 #55BCA2 #A255BC

tetradic

#BCA255 #55BC6E #556FBC #BC55A2

square

#BCA255 #55BC6E #556FBC #BC55A2

split-complementary

#BCA255 #55A2BC #6E55BC

monochromatic

#6C5C2B #98813C #BCA255 #CDBA81 #DFD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BCA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA255

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA255	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd87',
    500: '#bca255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca255;
$custom-light: #d2bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.854,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71915,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA255

secondary

#A0ABCC

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA255

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

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