#BCA251#BCA251

#BCA251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA251
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -0.49, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 45.02, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0033 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.105 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1460, 37.1278, 13.0981)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA251 #516BBC

analogous

#BC6D51 #BCA251 #A0BC51

triadic

#BCA251 #51BCA2 #A251BC

tetradic

#BCA251 #51BC6D #516BBC #BC51A0

square

#BCA251 #51BC6D #516BBC #BC51A0

split-complementary

#BCA251 #51A0BC #6D51BC

monochromatic

#6A5A29 #96803A #BCA251 #CDBA7D #DED1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BCA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA251

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA251	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd84',
    500: '#bca251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca251;
$custom-light: #d3bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71864,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA251

secondary

#9DA8CC

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA251

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

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