#BCA545#BCA545

#BCA545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA545
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -2.96, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 51.53, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0119 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.118 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2699, 38.0330, 11.1124)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA545 #455CBC

analogous

#BC6945 #BCA545 #98BC45

triadic

#BCA545 #45BCA5 #A545BC

tetradic

#BCA545 #45BC69 #455CBC #BC4598

square

#BCA545 #45BC69 #455CBC #BC4598

split-complementary

#BCA545 #4598BC #6945BC

monochromatic

#635724 #907E34 #BCA545 #CCBB72 #DCD19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BCA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA545

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA545	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7d',
    500: '#bca545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca545;
$custom-light: #d3bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA545

secondary

#949EC9

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA545

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

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