#BCA55C#BCA55C

#BCA55C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA55C
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -1.16, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 40.64, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.004 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.097 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1272, 38.3759, 15.6275)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA55C #5C73BC

analogous

#BC755C #BCA55C #A3BC5C

triadic

#BCA55C #5CBCA5 #A55CBC

tetradic

#BCA55C #5CBC75 #5C73BC #BC5CA3

square

#BCA55C #5CBC75 #5C73BC #BC5CA3

split-complementary

#BCA55C #5CA3BC #755CBC

monochromatic

#70602E #9B8540 #BCA55C #CEBD87 #E0D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BCA55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA55C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA55C	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf8c',
    500: '#bca55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca55c;
$custom-light: #d2bf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA55C

secondary

#A6AFCE

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA55C

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

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