#BCA257#BCA257

#BCA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA257
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 0.01, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 42.12, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0012 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.1 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3810, 37.2218, 14.3359)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA257 #5771BC

analogous

#BC7057 #BCA257 #A4BC57

triadic

#BCA257 #57BCA2 #A257BC

tetradic

#BCA257 #57BC70 #5771BC #BC57A4

square

#BCA257 #57BC70 #5771BC #BC57A4

split-complementary

#BCA257 #57A4BC #7057BC

monochromatic

#6D5C2C #99813D #BCA257 #CDBA83 #DFD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BCA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA257

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA257	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)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd88',
    500: '#bca257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca257;
$custom-light: #d2bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71942,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA257

secondary

#A2ADCD

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA257

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

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