#BCA461#BCA461

#BCA461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.091 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA461
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -0.15, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 37.82, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0005 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.091 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1734, 38.1069, 16.7569)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA461 #6179BC

analogous

#BC7661 #BCA461 #A6BC61

triadic

#BCA461 #61BCA4 #A461BC

tetradic

#BCA461 #61BC76 #6179BC #BC61A6

square

#BCA461 #61BC76 #6179BC #BC61A6

split-complementary

#BCA461 #61A6BC #7661BC

monochromatic

#726130 #9D8543 #BCA461 #CEBD8C #E0D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA461

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA461	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.091 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8f',
    500: '#bca461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca461;
$custom-light: #d2be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.176,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA461

secondary

#AAB3CF

accent

#77D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA461

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

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