#BCA45E#BCA45E

#BCA45E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.094 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA45E
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -0.44, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 39.32, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0017 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.094 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.0361, 38.0520, 16.0341)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA45E #5E76BC

analogous

#BC755E #BCA45E #A5BC5E

triadic

#BCA45E #5EBCA4 #A45EBC

tetradic

#BCA45E #5EBC75 #5E76BC #BC5EA5

square

#BCA45E #5EBC75 #5E76BC #BC5EA5

split-complementary

#BCA45E #5EA5BC #755EBC

monochromatic

#71602F #9C8541 #BCA45E #CEBC89 #E0D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BCA45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA45E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA45E	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)

#B2A258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.094 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8d',
    500: '#bca45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca45e;
$custom-light: #d2be8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.3805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA45E

secondary

#A7B1CF

accent

#76D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA45E

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

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