#BCA658#BCA658

#BCA658 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA658
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -2.05, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 42.95, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.007 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.102 94)
XYZ	xyz(36.1380, 38.6700, 14.7911)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA658 #586EBC

analogous

#BC7458 #BCA658 #A0BC58

triadic

#BCA658 #58BCA6 #A658BC

tetradic

#BCA658 #58BC74 #586EBC #BC58A0

square

#BCA658 #58BC74 #586EBC #BC58A0

split-complementary

#BCA658 #58A0BC #7458BC

monochromatic

#6E5F2C #99853E #BCA658 #CEBD84 #DFD5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BCA658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA658

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA658	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B4A351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c089',
    500: '#bca658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca658;
$custom-light: #d2c089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72789,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.38668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA658

secondary

#A3ACCD

accent

#71D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA658

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

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