#BCA751#BCA751

#BCA751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA751
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -3.16, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 46.66, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0111 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.109 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0444, 38.9245, 13.3976)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA751 #5166BC

analogous

#BC7151 #BCA751 #9CBC51

triadic

#BCA751 #51BCA7 #A751BC

tetradic

#BCA751 #51BC71 #5166BC #BC519C

square

#BCA751 #51BC71 #5166BC #BC519C

split-complementary

#BCA751 #519CBC #7151BC

monochromatic

#6A5D29 #96843A #BCA751 #CDBD7D #DED4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BCA751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA751

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA751	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c084',
    500: '#bca751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca751;
$custom-light: #d3c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.224,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA751

secondary

#9DA6CC

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA751

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

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