#BCA46D#BCA46D

#BCA46D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.078 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA46D
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 109)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 1.08, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 31.77, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0042 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.078 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7758, 38.3479, 19.9298)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA46D #6D85BC

analogous

#BC7C6D #BCA46D #ACBC6D

triadic

#BCA46D #6DBCA4 #A46DBC

tetradic

#BCA46D #6DBC7C #6D85BC #BC6DAC

square

#BCA46D #6DBC7C #6D85BC #BC6DAC

split-complementary

#BCA46D #6DACBC #7C6DBC

monochromatic

#786437 #A2874A #BCA46D #CFBE97 #E3D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BCA46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA46D

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA46D	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.078 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be97',
    500: '#bca46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca46d;
$custom-light: #d1be97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72699,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA46D

secondary

#B3BCD2

accent

#7DCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA46D

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

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