#BCA561#BCA561

#BCA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.092 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA561
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -0.69, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 38.15, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0021 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.092 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3530, 38.4663, 16.8168)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA561 #6178BC

analogous

#BC7761 #BCA561 #A5BC61

triadic

#BCA561 #61BCA5 #A561BC

tetradic

#BCA561 #61BC77 #6178BC #BC61A5

square

#BCA561 #61BC77 #6178BC #BC61A5

split-complementary

#BCA561 #61A5BC #7761BC

monochromatic

#726230 #9D8643 #BCA561 #CEBD8C #E0D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA561

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA561	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.092 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf8f',
    500: '#bca561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca561;
$custom-light: #d2bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.835,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72709,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA561

secondary

#AAB3CF

accent

#76D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA561

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

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