#BCA36D#BCA36D

#BCA36D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.077 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA36D
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 109)
HSL	hsl(41, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 1.62, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 31.45, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0058 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.077 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5976, 37.9914, 19.8703)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA36D #6D86BC

analogous

#BC7B6D #BCA36D #ADBC6D

triadic

#BCA36D #6DBCA3 #A36DBC

tetradic

#BCA36D #6DBC7B #6D86BC #BC6DAD

square

#BCA36D #6DBC7B #6D86BC #BC6DAD

split-complementary

#BCA36D #6DADBC #7B6DBC

monochromatic

#786337 #A2864A #BCA36D #CFBD97 #E3D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BCA36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA36D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA36D	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.077 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be97',
    500: '#bca36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca36d;
$custom-light: #d1be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.013,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA36D

secondary

#B3BDD2

accent

#7FCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA36D

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

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