#BCA563#BCA563

#BCA563 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.090 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA563
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 99)
HSL	hsl(44, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -0.50, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 37.15, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0013 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.09 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4475, 38.5040, 17.3141)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA563 #637ABC

analogous

#BC7963 #BCA563 #A7BC63

triadic

#BCA563 #63BCA5 #A563BC

tetradic

#BCA563 #63BC79 #637ABC #BC63A7

square

#BCA563 #63BC79 #637ABC #BC63A7

split-complementary

#BCA563 #63A7BC #7963BC

monochromatic

#736231 #9E8744 #BCA563 #CEBE8E #E1D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BCA563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA563

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA563	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)

#B2A35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.090 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf90',
    500: '#bca563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca563;
$custom-light: #d2bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.494,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA563

secondary

#ABB5D0

accent

#77D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA563

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

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