#BCA552#BCA552

#BCA552 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA552
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -2.01, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 45.51, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0076 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.107 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7186, 38.2125, 13.4753)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA552 #5269BC

analogous

#BC7052 #BCA552 #9EBC52

triadic

#BCA552 #52BCA5 #A552BC

tetradic

#BCA552 #52BC70 #5269BC #BC529E

square

#BCA552 #52BC70 #5269BC #BC529E

split-complementary

#BCA552 #529EBC #7052BC

monochromatic

#6A5C29 #97823A #BCA552 #CDBC7E #DED3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BCA552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA552

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA552	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)

#B4A24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf85',
    500: '#bca552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca552;
$custom-light: #d3bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.981,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA552

secondary

#9EA8CC

accent

#70D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA552

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

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