#BCA459#BCA459

#BCA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA459
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -0.89, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 41.79, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0035 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.099 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8190, 37.9652, 14.8905)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA459 #5971BC

analogous

#BC7359 #BCA459 #A2BC59

triadic

#BCA459 #59BCA4 #A459BC

tetradic

#BCA459 #59BC73 #5971BC #BC59A2

square

#BCA459 #59BC73 #5971BC #BC59A2

split-complementary

#BCA459 #59A2BC #7359BC

monochromatic

#6E5E2C #9A843E #BCA459 #CEBC85 #DFD4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BCA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA459

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA459	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)

#B2A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8a',
    500: '#bca459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca459;
$custom-light: #d2be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA459

secondary

#A3AECD

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA459

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

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