#BCA558#BCA558

#BCA558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.101 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA558
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -1.51, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 42.61, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0055 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.101 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9569, 38.3078, 14.7308)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA558 #586FBC

analogous

#BC7358 #BCA558 #A1BC58

triadic

#BCA558 #58BCA5 #A558BC

tetradic

#BCA558 #58BC73 #586FBC #BC58A1

square

#BCA558 #58BC73 #586FBC #BC58A1

split-complementary

#BCA558 #58A1BC #7358BC

monochromatic

#6E5F2C #99843E #BCA558 #CEBD84 #DFD4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA558

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA558	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B3A251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.101 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf89',
    500: '#bca558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca558;
$custom-light: #d2bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA558

secondary

#A3ACCD

accent

#72D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA558

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

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