#BCA556#BCA556

#BCA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA556
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -1.69, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 43.58, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0062 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.103 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8752, 38.2752, 14.3005)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA556 #566DBC

analogous

#BC7256 #BCA556 #A0BC56

triadic

#BCA556 #56BCA5 #A556BC

tetradic

#BCA556 #56BC72 #566DBC #BC56A0

square

#BCA556 #56BC72 #566DBC #BC56A0

split-complementary

#BCA556 #56A0BC #7256BC

monochromatic

#6D5E2B #98843C #BCA556 #CDBC82 #DFD4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA556

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA556	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)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf88',
    500: '#bca556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca556;
$custom-light: #d2bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA556

secondary

#A1ABCD

accent

#71D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA556

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

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