#BCA562#BCA562

#BCA562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.091 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA562
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -0.59, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 37.65, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0017 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.091 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3999, 38.4850, 17.0639)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA562 #6279BC

analogous

#BC7862 #BCA562 #A6BC62

triadic

#BCA562 #62BCA5 #A562BC

tetradic

#BCA562 #62BC78 #6279BC #BC62A6

square

#BCA562 #62BC78 #6279BC #BC62A6

split-complementary

#BCA562 #62A6BC #7862BC

monochromatic

#736231 #9E8643 #BCA562 #CEBE8D #E1D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BCA562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA562

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA562	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.091 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf90',
    500: '#bca562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca562;
$custom-light: #d2bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA562

secondary

#AAB4CF

accent

#76D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA562

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

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