#BCA557#BCA557

#BCA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.102 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA557
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -1.60, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 43.10, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0058 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.102 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9158, 38.2914, 14.5141)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA557 #576EBC

analogous

#BC7357 #BCA557 #A1BC57

triadic

#BCA557 #57BCA5 #A557BC

tetradic

#BCA557 #57BC73 #576EBC #BC57A1

square

#BCA557 #57BC73 #576EBC #BC57A1

split-complementary

#BCA557 #57A1BC #7357BC

monochromatic

#6D5E2C #99843D #BCA557 #CDBC83 #DFD4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA557

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA557	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.102 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf88',
    500: '#bca557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca557;
$custom-light: #d2bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.337,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72567,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA557

secondary

#A2ACCD

accent

#72D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA557

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

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