#BCA150#BCA150

#BCA150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.106 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA150
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -0.03, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 45.19, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0021 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.106 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9334, 36.7621, 12.8436)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA150 #506BBC

analogous

#BC6B50 #BCA150 #A1BC50

triadic

#BCA150 #50BCA1 #A150BC

tetradic

#BCA150 #50BC6B #506BBC #BC50A1

square

#BCA150 #50BC6B #506BBC #BC50A1

split-complementary

#BCA150 #50A1BC #6B50BC

monochromatic

#695928 #967E39 #BCA150 #CDB97C #DED1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BCA150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA150

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA150	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.106 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc83',
    500: '#bca150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca150;
$custom-light: #d3bc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71643,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA150

secondary

#9CA8CB

accent

#74D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA150

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

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