#BCA353#BCA353

#BCA353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA353
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -0.86, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 44.38, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0042 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.104 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3990, 37.5120, 13.5579)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA353 #536CBC

analogous

#BC6E53 #BCA353 #A0BC53

triadic

#BCA353 #53BCA3 #A353BC

tetradic

#BCA353 #53BC6E #536CBC #BC53A0

square

#BCA353 #53BC6E #536CBC #BC53A0

split-complementary

#BCA353 #53A0BC #6E53BC

monochromatic

#6B5B2A #97813B #BCA353 #CDBB7F #DED2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BCA353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA353

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA353	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)

#B2A14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be86',
    500: '#bca353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca353;
$custom-light: #d3be86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA353

secondary

#9FAACC

accent

#72D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA353

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

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