#BCA45D#BCA45D

#BCA45D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.095 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA45D
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -0.53, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 39.81, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0021 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.095 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9915, 38.0342, 15.7993)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA45D #5D75BC

analogous

#BC745D #BCA45D #A5BC5D

triadic

#BCA45D #5DBCA4 #A45DBC

tetradic

#BCA45D #5DBC74 #5D75BC #BC5DA5

square

#BCA45D #5DBC74 #5D75BC #BC5DA5

split-complementary

#BCA45D #5DA5BC #745DBC

monochromatic

#70602E #9B8440 #BCA45D #CEBC88 #E0D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BCA45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA45D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA45D	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.095 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8c',
    500: '#bca45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca45d;
$custom-light: #d2be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.842,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA45D

secondary

#A6B1CE

accent

#76D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA45D

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

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