#BCA56D#BCA56D

#BCA56D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.079 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA56D
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(43, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 0.55, 32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 32.09, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0027 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.079 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9555, 38.7072, 19.9897)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA56D #6D84BC

analogous

#BC7D6D #BCA56D #ABBC6D

triadic

#BCA56D #6DBCA5 #A56DBC

tetradic

#BCA56D #6DBC7D #6D84BC #BC6DAB

square

#BCA56D #6DBC7D #6D84BC #BC6DAB

split-complementary

#BCA56D #6DABBC #7D6DBC

monochromatic

#786537 #A2884A #BCA56D #CFBF97 #E3D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA56D

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA56D	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.079 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf97',
    500: '#bca56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca56d;
$custom-light: #d1bf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.532,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.07871,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA56D

secondary

#B3BCD2

accent

#7CCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA56D

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

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