#BCA543#BCA543

#BCA543 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA543
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -3.09, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 52.41, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0125 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(35.2089, 38.0086, 10.7909)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA543 #435ABC

analogous

#BC6843 #BCA543 #97BC43

triadic

#BCA543 #43BCA5 #A543BC

tetradic

#BCA543 #43BC68 #435ABC #BC4397

square

#BCA543 #43BC68 #435ABC #BC4397

split-complementary

#BCA543 #4397BC #6843BC

monochromatic

#625623 #8F7D33 #BCA543 #CCBB70 #DCD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BCA543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA543

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA543	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7b',
    500: '#bca543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca543;
$custom-light: #d3bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.38007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA543

secondary

#929DC9

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA543

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

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