#BCA256#BCA256

#BCA256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA256
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -0.08, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 42.61, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0015 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.101 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3405, 37.2056, 14.1222)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA256 #5670BC

analogous

#BC6F56 #BCA256 #A3BC56

triadic

#BCA256 #56BCA2 #A256BC

tetradic

#BCA256 #56BC6F #5670BC #BC56A3

square

#BCA256 #56BC6F #5670BC #BC56A3

split-complementary

#BCA256 #56A3BC #6F56BC

monochromatic

#6D5C2B #98813C #BCA256 #CDBA82 #DFD2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BCA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA256

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA256	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)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd87',
    500: '#bca256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca256;
$custom-light: #d2bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA256

secondary

#A1ACCD

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA256

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

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