#BCA356#BCA356

#BCA356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA356
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -0.61, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 42.93, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0031 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.101 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5173, 37.5593, 14.1811)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA356 #566FBC

analogous

#BC7056 #BCA356 #A2BC56

triadic

#BCA356 #56BCA3 #A356BC

tetradic

#BCA356 #56BC70 #566FBC #BC56A2

square

#BCA356 #56BC70 #566FBC #BC56A2

split-complementary

#BCA356 #56A2BC #7056BC

monochromatic

#6D5C2B #98823C #BCA356 #CDBB82 #DFD3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA356

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA356	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)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be88',
    500: '#bca356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca356;
$custom-light: #d2be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA356

secondary

#A1ACCD

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA356

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

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