#BCA565#BCA565

#BCA565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.087 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA565
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(44, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -0.30, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 36.14, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0005 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.087 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5443, 38.5428, 17.8239)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA565 #657CBC

analogous

#BC7A65 #BCA565 #A8BC65

triadic

#BCA565 #65BCA5 #A565BC

tetradic

#BCA565 #65BC7A #657CBC #BC65A8

square

#BCA565 #65BC7A #657CBC #BC65A8

split-complementary

#BCA565 #65A8BC #7A65BC

monochromatic

#746333 #9F8745 #BCA565 #CFBE90 #E1D7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA565

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA565	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.087 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf92',
    500: '#bca565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca565;
$custom-light: #d2bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.138,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.08746,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA565

secondary

#ADB6D0

accent

#78CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA565

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

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