#BCA553#BCA553

#BCA553 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA553
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -1.93, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 45.03, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0073 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.106 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7569, 38.2278, 13.6772)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA553 #536ABC

analogous

#BC7053 #BCA553 #9EBC53

triadic

#BCA553 #53BCA5 #A553BC

tetradic

#BCA553 #53BC70 #536ABC #BC539E

square

#BCA553 #53BC70 #536ABC #BC539E

split-complementary

#BCA553 #539EBC #7053BC

monochromatic

#6B5D2A #97833B #BCA553 #CDBC7F #DED3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA553

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA553	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf86',
    500: '#bca553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca553;
$custom-light: #d3bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72515,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA553

secondary

#9FA9CC

accent

#70D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA553

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

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