#BCA555#BCA555

#BCA555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA555
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -1.77, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 44.07, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0066 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.104 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8352, 38.2592, 14.0897)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA555 #556CBC

analogous

#BC7155 #BCA555 #9FBC55

triadic

#BCA555 #55BCA5 #A555BC

tetradic

#BCA555 #55BC71 #556CBC #BC559F

square

#BCA555 #55BC71 #556CBC #BC559F

split-complementary

#BCA555 #559FBC #7155BC

monochromatic

#6C5D2B #98833C #BCA555 #CDBC81 #DFD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA555

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA555	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)

#B4A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf87',
    500: '#bca555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca555;
$custom-light: #d2bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72541,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA555

secondary

#A0AACC

accent

#71D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA555

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

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