#BCA560#BCA560

#BCA560 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.093 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA560
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -0.79, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 38.65, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0025 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.093 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3067, 38.4477, 16.5728)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA560 #6077BC

analogous

#BC7760 #BCA560 #A5BC60

triadic

#BCA560 #60BCA5 #A560BC

tetradic

#BCA560 #60BC77 #6077BC #BC60A5

square

#BCA560 #60BC77 #6077BC #BC60A5

split-complementary

#BCA560 #60A5BC #7760BC

monochromatic

#726130 #9D8642 #BCA560 #CEBD8B #E0D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BCA560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BCA560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA560

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA560	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)

#B3A35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.093 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf8e',
    500: '#bca560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca560;
$custom-light: #d2bf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA560

secondary

#A9B2CF

accent

#76D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA560

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

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