#BCA547#BCA547

#BCA547 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA547
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -2.83, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 50.63, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0113 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.117 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3330, 38.0583, 11.4449)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA547 #475EBC

analogous

#BC6A47 #BCA547 #98BC47

triadic

#BCA547 #47BCA5 #A547BC

tetradic

#BCA547 #47BC6A #475EBC #BC4798

square

#BCA547 #47BC6A #475EBC #BC4798

split-complementary

#BCA547 #4798BC #6A47BC

monochromatic

#645824 #917F35 #BCA547 #CCBB74 #DDD1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BCA547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA547

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA547	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)

#B5A23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7e',
    500: '#bca547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca547;
$custom-light: #d3bf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA547

secondary

#95A0C9

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA547

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

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