#BCA462#BCA462

#BCA462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.090 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA462
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -0.06, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 37.32, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0001 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.09 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2203, 38.1257, 17.0040)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA462 #627ABC

analogous

#BC7762 #BCA462 #A7BC62

triadic

#BCA462 #62BCA4 #A462BC

tetradic

#BCA462 #62BC77 #627ABC #BC62A7

square

#BCA462 #62BC77 #627ABC #BC62A7

split-complementary

#BCA462 #62A7BC #7762BC

monochromatic

#736131 #9E8543 #BCA462 #CEBD8D #E1D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA462

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA462	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.090 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be90',
    500: '#bca462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca462;
$custom-light: #d2be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA462

secondary

#AAB4CF

accent

#78D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA462

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

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