#BCA455#BCA455

#BCA455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA455
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -1.23, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 43.74, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.005 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.103 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6556, 37.8998, 14.0299)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA455 #556DBC

analogous

#BC7055 #BCA455 #A0BC55

triadic

#BCA455 #55BCA4 #A455BC

tetradic

#BCA455 #55BC70 #556DBC #BC55A0

square

#BCA455 #55BC70 #556DBC #BC55A0

split-complementary

#BCA455 #55A0BC #7055BC

monochromatic

#6C5D2B #98823C #BCA455 #CDBB81 #DFD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA455

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA455	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be87',
    500: '#bca455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca455;
$custom-light: #d2be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA455

secondary

#A0ABCC

accent

#72D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA455

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

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