#BCA357#BCA357

#BCA357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA357
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -0.53, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 42.44, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0027 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.1 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5579, 37.5755, 14.3948)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA357 #5770BC

analogous

#BC7157 #BCA357 #A3BC57

triadic

#BCA357 #57BCA3 #A357BC

tetradic

#BCA357 #57BC71 #5770BC #BC57A3

square

#BCA357 #57BC71 #5770BC #BC57A3

split-complementary

#BCA357 #57A3BC #7157BC

monochromatic

#6D5D2C #99823D #BCA357 #CDBB83 #DFD3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BCA357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA357

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA357	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)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be88',
    500: '#bca357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca357;
$custom-light: #d2be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7215,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA357

secondary

#A2ADCD

accent

#74D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA357

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

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