#BCA453#BCA453

#BCA453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA453
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -1.40, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 44.70, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0057 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.105 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5772, 37.8685, 13.6173)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA453 #536BBC

analogous

#BC6F53 #BCA453 #9FBC53

triadic

#BCA453 #53BCA4 #A453BC

tetradic

#BCA453 #53BC6F #536BBC #BC539F

square

#BCA453 #53BC6F #536BBC #BC539F

split-complementary

#BCA453 #539FBC #6F53BC

monochromatic

#6B5C2A #97823B #BCA453 #CDBB7F #DED3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BCA453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA453

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA453	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)

#B3A14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be86',
    500: '#bca453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca453;
$custom-light: #d3be86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72306,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA453

secondary

#9FA9CC

accent

#71D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA453

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

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