#BCA559#BCA559

#BCA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA559
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -1.43, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 42.12, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0051 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.1 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9987, 38.3245, 14.9504)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA559 #5970BC

analogous

#BC7459 #BCA559 #A1BC59

triadic

#BCA559 #59BCA5 #A559BC

tetradic

#BCA559 #59BC74 #5970BC #BC59A1

square

#BCA559 #59BC74 #5970BC #BC59A1

split-complementary

#BCA559 #59A1BC #7459BC

monochromatic

#6E5F2C #9A843E #BCA559 #CEBD85 #DFD4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BCA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA559

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA559	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)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf8a',
    500: '#bca559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca559;
$custom-light: #d2bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA559

secondary

#A3ADCD

accent

#73D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA559

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

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