#BCA351#BCA351

#BCA351 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA351
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -1.02, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 45.34, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0049 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.106 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3229, 37.4815, 13.1571)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA351 #516ABC

analogous

#BC6D51 #BCA351 #A0BC51

triadic

#BCA351 #51BCA3 #A351BC

tetradic

#BCA351 #51BC6D #516ABC #BC51A0

square

#BCA351 #51BC6D #516ABC #BC51A0

split-complementary

#BCA351 #51A0BC #6D51BC

monochromatic

#6A5B29 #96803A #BCA351 #CDBA7D #DED2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BCA351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA351

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA351	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be84',
    500: '#bca351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca351;
$custom-light: #d3be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.981,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72072,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA351

secondary

#9DA8CC

accent

#72D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA351

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

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