#BCA650#BCA650

#BCA650 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.109 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA650
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -2.70, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 46.79, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0099 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.109 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8246, 38.5446, 13.1407)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA650 #5066BC

analogous

#BC7050 #BCA650 #9CBC50

triadic

#BCA650 #50BCA6 #A650BC

tetradic

#BCA650 #50BC70 #5066BC #BC509C

square

#BCA650 #50BC70 #5066BC #BC509C

split-complementary

#BCA650 #509CBC #7050BC

monochromatic

#695C28 #968339 #BCA650 #CDBD7C #DED3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA650

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA650	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.109 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c084',
    500: '#bca650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca650;
$custom-light: #d3c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA650

secondary

#9CA6CB

accent

#6ED453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA650

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

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