#BCA355#BCA355

#BCA355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.102 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA355
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -0.70, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 43.41, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0035 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.102 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4773, 37.5433, 13.9704)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA355 #556EBC

analogous

#BC6F55 #BCA355 #A1BC55

triadic

#BCA355 #55BCA3 #A355BC

tetradic

#BCA355 #55BC6F #556EBC #BC55A1

square

#BCA355 #55BC6F #556EBC #BC55A1

split-complementary

#BCA355 #55A1BC #6F55BC

monochromatic

#6C5C2B #98823C #BCA355 #CDBB81 #DFD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA355

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA355	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.102 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be87',
    500: '#bca355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca355;
$custom-light: #d2be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA355

secondary

#A0ABCC

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA355

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

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