#BCA55F#BCA55F

#BCA55F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.094 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA55F
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 95)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -0.88, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 39.15, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0028 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.094 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2610, 38.4294, 16.3319)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA55F #5F76BC

analogous

#BC765F #BCA55F #A4BC5F

triadic

#BCA55F #5FBCA5 #A55FBC

tetradic

#BCA55F #5FBC76 #5F76BC #BC5FA4

square

#BCA55F #5FBC76 #5F76BC #BC5FA4

split-complementary

#BCA55F #5FA4BC #765FBC

monochromatic

#71612F #9C8641 #BCA55F #CEBD8A #E0D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA55F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA55F	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.094 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf8e',
    500: '#bca55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca55f;
$custom-light: #d2bf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.0938,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA55F

secondary

#A8B2CF

accent

#75D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA55F

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

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