#BCA259#BCA259

#BCA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.098 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA259
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 0.18, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 41.14, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0004 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.098 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4639, 37.2550, 14.7722)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA259 #5973BC

analogous

#BC7159 #BCA259 #A5BC59

triadic

#BCA259 #59BCA2 #A259BC

tetradic

#BCA259 #59BC71 #5973BC #BC59A5

square

#BCA259 #59BC71 #5973BC #BC59A5

split-complementary

#BCA259 #59A5BC #7159BC

monochromatic

#6E5D2C #9A823E #BCA259 #CEBA85 #DFD3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BCA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA259

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA259	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.098 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd89',
    500: '#bca259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca259;
$custom-light: #d2bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.242,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA259

secondary

#A3AECD

accent

#76D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA259

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

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