#BCA458#BCA458

#BCA458 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA458
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -0.98, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 42.28, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0039 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.1 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7773, 37.9485, 14.6709)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA458 #5870BC

analogous

#BC7258 #BCA458 #A2BC58

triadic

#BCA458 #58BCA4 #A458BC

tetradic

#BCA458 #58BC72 #5870BC #BC58A2

square

#BCA458 #58BC72 #5870BC #BC58A2

split-complementary

#BCA458 #58A2BC #7258BC

monochromatic

#6E5E2C #99833E #BCA458 #CEBC84 #DFD4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BCA458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA458

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA458	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be89',
    500: '#bca458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca458;
$custom-light: #d2be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72372,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA458

secondary

#A3ADCD

accent

#73D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA458

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

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