#BCA252#BCA252

#BCA252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA252
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -0.41, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 44.54, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.003 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.104 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1838, 37.1430, 13.2971)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA252 #526CBC

analogous

#BC6D52 #BCA252 #A1BC52

triadic

#BCA252 #52BCA2 #A252BC

tetradic

#BCA252 #52BC6D #526CBC #BC52A1

square

#BCA252 #52BC6D #526CBC #BC52A1

split-complementary

#BCA252 #52A1BC #6D52BC

monochromatic

#6A5A29 #97803A #BCA252 #CDBA7E #DED1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BCA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA252

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA252	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)

#B1A04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd85',
    500: '#bca252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca252;
$custom-light: #d3bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71876,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA252

secondary

#9EA9CC

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA252

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

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