#BCA655#BCA655

#BCA655 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA655
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -2.30, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 44.40, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0081 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.105 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0163, 38.6213, 14.1501)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA655 #556BBC

analogous

#BC7255 #BCA655 #9EBC55

triadic

#BCA655 #55BCA6 #A655BC

tetradic

#BCA655 #55BC72 #556BBC #BC559E

square

#BCA655 #55BC72 #556BBC #BC559E

split-complementary

#BCA655 #559EBC #7255BC

monochromatic

#6C5E2B #98843C #BCA655 #CDBD81 #DFD4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BCA655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA655

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA655	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)

#B5A34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c087',
    500: '#bca655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca655;
$custom-light: #d2c087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7275,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA655

secondary

#A0AACC

accent

#70D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA655

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

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