#BCA452#BCA452

#BCA452 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA452
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -1.48, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 45.18, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0061 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.106 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5389, 37.8532, 13.4154)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA452 #526ABC

analogous

#BC6F52 #BCA452 #9FBC52

triadic

#BCA452 #52BCA4 #A452BC

tetradic

#BCA452 #52BC6F #526ABC #BC529F

square

#BCA452 #52BC6F #526ABC #BC529F

split-complementary

#BCA452 #529FBC #6F52BC

monochromatic

#6A5C29 #97823A #BCA452 #CDBB7E #DED2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BCA452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA452

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA452	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be85',
    500: '#bca452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca452;
$custom-light: #d3be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72293,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA452

secondary

#9EA8CC

accent

#71D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA452

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

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