#BCA35B#BCA35B

#BCA35B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.096 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA35B
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -0.18, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 40.48, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0012 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.096 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7259, 37.6427, 15.2795)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA35B #5B74BC

analogous

#BC735B #BCA35B #A5BC5B

triadic

#BCA35B #5BBCA3 #A35BBC

tetradic

#BCA35B #5BBC73 #5B74BC #BC5BA5

square

#BCA35B #5BBC73 #5B74BC #BC5BA5

split-complementary

#BCA35B #5BA5BC #735BBC

monochromatic

#6F5E2D #9B833F #BCA35B #CEBB86 #E0D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BCA35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA35B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA35B	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.096 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8b',
    500: '#bca35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca35b;
$custom-light: #d2be8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.536,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA35B

secondary

#A5AFCE

accent

#76D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA35B

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

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