#BCA456#BCA456

#BCA456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.102 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA456
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -1.15, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 43.25, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0046 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.102 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6956, 37.9158, 14.2406)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA456 #566EBC

analogous

#BC7156 #BCA456 #A1BC56

triadic

#BCA456 #56BCA4 #A456BC

tetradic

#BCA456 #56BC71 #566EBC #BC56A1

square

#BCA456 #56BC71 #566EBC #BC56A1

split-complementary

#BCA456 #56A1BC #7156BC

monochromatic

#6D5D2B #98833C #BCA456 #CDBC82 #DFD3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BCA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA456

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA456	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)

#B3A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.102 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be88',
    500: '#bca456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca456;
$custom-light: #d2be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA456

secondary

#A1ABCD

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA456

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

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