#BCA656#BCA656

#BCA656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA656
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -2.22, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 43.92, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0077 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.104 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0563, 38.6373, 14.3608)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA656 #566CBC

analogous

#BC7356 #BCA656 #9FBC56

triadic

#BCA656 #56BCA6 #A656BC

tetradic

#BCA656 #56BC73 #566CBC #BC569F

square

#BCA656 #56BC73 #566CBC #BC569F

split-complementary

#BCA656 #569FBC #7356BC

monochromatic

#6D5E2B #98853C #BCA656 #CDBD82 #DFD4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BCA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA656

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA656	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c088',
    500: '#bca656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca656;
$custom-light: #d2c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA656

secondary

#A1AACD

accent

#70D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA656

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

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