#BCA554#BCA554

#BCA554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA554
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 84)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -1.85, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 44.55, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0069 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.105 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7958, 38.2434, 13.8820)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA554 #546BBC

analogous

#BC7154 #BCA554 #9FBC54

triadic

#BCA554 #54BCA5 #A554BC

tetradic

#BCA554 #54BC71 #546BBC #BC549F

square

#BCA554 #54BC71 #546BBC #BC549F

split-complementary

#BCA554 #549FBC #7154BC

monochromatic

#6B5D2A #97833B #BCA554 #CDBC80 #DED3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA554

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA554	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)

#B4A24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf86',
    500: '#bca554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca554;
$custom-light: #d2bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA554

secondary

#A0A9CC

accent

#70D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA554

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

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