#BCA35D#BCA35D

#BCA35D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.094 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA35D
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 0.01, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 39.49, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0005 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.094 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8133, 37.6777, 15.7399)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA35D #5D76BC

analogous

#BC745D #BCA35D #A5BC5D

triadic

#BCA35D #5DBCA3 #A35DBC

tetradic

#BCA35D #5DBC74 #5D76BC #BC5DA5

square

#BCA35D #5DBC74 #5D76BC #BC5DA5

split-complementary

#BCA35D #5DA5BC #745DBC

monochromatic

#705F2E #9B8340 #BCA35D #CEBC88 #E0D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BCA35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA35D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA35D	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.094 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8c',
    500: '#bca35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca35d;
$custom-light: #d2be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA35D

secondary

#A6B1CE

accent

#77D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA35D

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

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