#BCA651#BCA651

#BCA651 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA651
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -2.63, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 46.32, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0095 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.108 95)
XYZ	xyz(35.8619, 38.5595, 13.3367)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA651 #5167BC

analogous

#BC7151 #BCA651 #9CBC51

triadic

#BCA651 #51BCA6 #A651BC

tetradic

#BCA651 #51BC71 #5167BC #BC519C

square

#BCA651 #51BC71 #5167BC #BC519C

split-complementary

#BCA651 #519CBC #7151BC

monochromatic

#6A5C29 #96833A #BCA651 #CDBD7D #DED3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BCA651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA651

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA651	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)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c084',
    500: '#bca651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca651;
$custom-light: #d3c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.38558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA651

secondary

#9DA7CC

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA651

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

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