#BCA359#BCA359

#BCA359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA359
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -0.35, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 41.46, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.002 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.098 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6407, 37.6087, 14.8311)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA359 #5972BC

analogous

#BC7259 #BCA359 #A4BC59

triadic

#BCA359 #59BCA3 #A359BC

tetradic

#BCA359 #59BC72 #5972BC #BC59A4

square

#BCA359 #59BC72 #5972BC #BC59A4

split-complementary

#BCA359 #59A4BC #7259BC

monochromatic

#6E5E2C #9A833E #BCA359 #CEBB85 #DFD3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BCA359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA359

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA359	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8a',
    500: '#bca359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca359;
$custom-light: #d2be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.848,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA359

secondary

#A3AECD

accent

#75D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA359

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

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