#BCA253#BCA253

#BCA253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA253
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -0.33, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 44.06, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0026 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.104 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2221, 37.1583, 13.4989)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA253 #536DBC

analogous

#BC6D53 #BCA253 #A1BC53

triadic

#BCA253 #53BCA2 #A253BC

tetradic

#BCA253 #53BC6D #536DBC #BC53A1

square

#BCA253 #53BC6D #536DBC #BC53A1

split-complementary

#BCA253 #53A1BC #6D53BC

monochromatic

#6B5B2A #97803B #BCA253 #CDBA7F #DED2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BCA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BCA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA253

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA253	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)

#B1A04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd85',
    500: '#bca253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca253;
$custom-light: #d3bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71889,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA253

secondary

#9FAACC

accent

#74D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA253

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

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