#BCA261#BCA261

#BCA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.090 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA261
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 0.92, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 37.18, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0026 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.09 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8183, 37.3967, 16.6385)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA261 #617BBC

analogous

#BC7461 #BCA261 #A8BC61

triadic

#BCA261 #61BCA2 #A261BC

tetradic

#BCA261 #61BC74 #617BBC #BC61A8

square

#BCA261 #61BC74 #617BBC #BC61A8

split-complementary

#BCA261 #61A8BC #7461BC

monochromatic

#725F30 #9D8343 #BCA261 #CEBB8C #E0D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA261

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA261	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.090 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd8f',
    500: '#bca261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca261;
$custom-light: #d2bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA261

secondary

#AAB4CF

accent

#7AD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA261

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

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