#BCA659#BCA659

#BCA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA659
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -1.96, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 42.46, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0067 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.101 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1797, 38.6867, 15.0108)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA659 #596FBC

analogous

#BC7559 #BCA659 #A0BC59

triadic

#BCA659 #59BCA6 #A659BC

tetradic

#BCA659 #59BC75 #596FBC #BC59A0

square

#BCA659 #59BC75 #596FBC #BC59A0

split-complementary

#BCA659 #59A0BC #7559BC

monochromatic

#6E602C #9A853E #BCA659 #CEBD85 #DFD5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BCA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BCA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA659

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA659	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c08a',
    500: '#bca659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca659;
$custom-light: #d2c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA659

secondary

#A3ADCD

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA659

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

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