#BCA551#BCA551

#BCA551 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA551
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -2.09, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 45.99, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.008 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.108 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6808, 38.1974, 13.2764)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA551 #5168BC

analogous

#BC7051 #BCA551 #9DBC51

triadic

#BCA551 #51BCA5 #A551BC

tetradic

#BCA551 #51BC70 #5168BC #BC519D

square

#BCA551 #51BC70 #5168BC #BC519D

split-complementary

#BCA551 #519DBC #7051BC

monochromatic

#6A5C29 #96823A #BCA551 #CDBC7D #DED3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BCA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA551

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA551	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)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf84',
    500: '#bca551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca551;
$custom-light: #d3bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA551

secondary

#9DA7CC

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA551

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

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