#BCA250#BCA250

#BCA250 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA250
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -0.56, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 45.50, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0037 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.106 92)
XYZ	xyz(35.1088, 37.1130, 12.9021)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA250 #506ABC

analogous

#BC6C50 #BCA250 #A0BC50

triadic

#BCA250 #50BCA2 #A250BC

tetradic

#BCA250 #50BC6C #506ABC #BC50A0

square

#BCA250 #50BC6C #506ABC #BC50A0

split-complementary

#BCA250 #50A0BC #6C50BC

monochromatic

#695A28 #967F39 #BCA250 #CDBA7C #DED1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BCA250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA250

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA250	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd84',
    500: '#bca250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca250;
$custom-light: #d3bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71851,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.37111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA250

secondary

#9CA8CB

accent

#72D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA250

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

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