#BCA265#BCA265

#BCA265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.085 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA265
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 1.32, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 35.17, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0042 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.085 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0095, 37.4732, 17.6457)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA265 #657FBC

analogous

#BC7765 #BCA265 #ABBC65

triadic

#BCA265 #65BCA2 #A265BC

tetradic

#BCA265 #65BC77 #657FBC #BC65AB

square

#BCA265 #65BC77 #657FBC #BC65AB

split-complementary

#BCA265 #65ABBC #7765BC

monochromatic

#746033 #9F8445 #BCA265 #CFBC90 #E1D6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA265

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA265	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.085 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd92',
    500: '#bca265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca265;
$custom-light: #d2bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.069,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7215,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA265

secondary

#ADB7D0

accent

#7CCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA265

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

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