#BCA657#BCA657

#BCA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA657
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -2.13, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 43.43, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0074 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.103 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0969, 38.6535, 14.5745)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA657 #576DBC

analogous

#BC7457 #BCA657 #A0BC57

triadic

#BCA657 #57BCA6 #A657BC

tetradic

#BCA657 #57BC74 #576DBC #BC57A0

square

#BCA657 #57BC74 #576DBC #BC57A0

split-complementary

#BCA657 #57A0BC #7457BC

monochromatic

#6D5F2C #99853D #BCA657 #CDBD83 #DFD4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BCA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BCA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA657

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA657	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)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c088',
    500: '#bca657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca657;
$custom-light: #d2c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72776,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA657

secondary

#A2ABCD

accent

#70D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA657

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

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