#BCA55D#BCA55D

#BCA55D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.096 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA55D
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -1.07, 40.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 40.15, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0036 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.096 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1712, 38.3935, 15.8592)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA55D #5D74BC

analogous

#BC765D #BCA55D #A3BC5D

triadic

#BCA55D #5DBCA5 #A55DBC

tetradic

#BCA55D #5DBC76 #5D74BC #BC5DA3

square

#BCA55D #5DBC76 #5D74BC #BC5DA3

split-complementary

#BCA55D #5DA3BC #765DBC

monochromatic

#70602E #9B8540 #BCA55D #CEBD88 #E0D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BCA55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA55D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA55D	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.096 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf8c',
    500: '#bca55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca55d;
$custom-light: #d2bf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7265,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA55D

secondary

#A6B0CE

accent

#74D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA55D

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

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