#BCA55E#BCA55E

#BCA55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.095 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA55E
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -0.98, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 39.65, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0032 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.095 92)
XYZ	xyz(36.2158, 38.4114, 16.0940)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA55E #5E75BC

analogous

#BC765E #BCA55E #A4BC5E

triadic

#BCA55E #5EBCA5 #A55EBC

tetradic

#BCA55E #5EBC76 #5E75BC #BC5EA4

square

#BCA55E #5EBC76 #5E75BC #BC5EA4

split-complementary

#BCA55E #5EA4BC #765EBC

monochromatic

#71612F #9C8641 #BCA55E #CEBD89 #E0D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BCA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA55E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA55E	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)

#B3A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.095 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf8d',
    500: '#bca55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca55e;
$custom-light: #d2bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.319,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.3841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA55E

secondary

#A7B1CF

accent

#75D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA55E

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

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