#BCA653#BCA653

#BCA653 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA653
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -2.47, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 45.37, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0088 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.107 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9380, 38.5900, 13.7376)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA653 #5369BC

analogous

#BC7253 #BCA653 #9DBC53

triadic

#BCA653 #53BCA6 #A653BC

tetradic

#BCA653 #53BC72 #5369BC #BC539D

square

#BCA653 #53BC72 #5369BC #BC539D

split-complementary

#BCA653 #539DBC #7253BC

monochromatic

#6B5D2A #97843B #BCA653 #CDBD7F #DED4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA653

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA653	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c086',
    500: '#bca653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca653;
$custom-light: #d3c086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA653

secondary

#9FA8CC

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA653

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

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