#BCA550#BCA550

#BCA550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA550
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -2.17, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 46.46, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0083 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.109 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6436, 38.1825, 13.0803)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA550 #5067BC

analogous

#BC6F50 #BCA550 #9DBC50

triadic

#BCA550 #50BCA5 #A550BC

tetradic

#BCA550 #50BC6F #5067BC #BC509D

square

#BCA550 #50BC6F #5067BC #BC509D

split-complementary

#BCA550 #509DBC #6F50BC

monochromatic

#695B28 #968239 #BCA550 #CDBC7C #DED3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BCA550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA550

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA550	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf84',
    500: '#bca550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca550;
$custom-light: #d3bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72478,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA550

secondary

#9CA6CB

accent

#6FD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA550

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

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