#BCA548#BCA548

#BCA548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA548
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -2.76, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 50.18, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.011 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.116 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3654, 38.0712, 11.6153)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA548 #485FBC

analogous

#BC6B48 #BCA548 #99BC48

triadic

#BCA548 #48BCA5 #A548BC

tetradic

#BCA548 #48BC6B #485FBC #BC4899

square

#BCA548 #48BC6B #485FBC #BC4899

split-complementary

#BCA548 #4899BC #6B48BC

monochromatic

#655825 #927F35 #BCA548 #CCBB75 #DDD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BCA548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA548

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA548	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)

#B5A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7f',
    500: '#bca548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca548;
$custom-light: #d3bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72387,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA548

secondary

#96A0CA

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA548

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

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