#BCA56E#BCA56E

#BCA56E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.078 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA56E
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 110)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 0.66, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 31.58, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0031 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.078 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0096, 38.7289, 20.2748)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA56E #6E85BC

analogous

#BC7E6E #BCA56E #ACBC6E

triadic

#BCA56E #6EBCA5 #A56EBC

tetradic

#BCA56E #6EBC7E #6E85BC #BC6EAC

square

#BCA56E #6EBC7E #6E85BC #BC6EAC

split-complementary

#BCA56E #6EACBC #7E6EBC

monochromatic

#786537 #A2884B #BCA56E #CFBF98 #E3D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BCA56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA56E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA56E	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.078 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf98',
    500: '#bca56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca56e;
$custom-light: #d1bf98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.0776,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA56E

secondary

#B3BDD2

accent

#7DCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA56E

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

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