#BCA753#BCA753

#BCA753 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA753
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -3.00, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 45.71, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0104 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.107 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1205, 38.9549, 13.7984)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA753 #5368BC

analogous

#BC7253 #BCA753 #9CBC53

triadic

#BCA753 #53BCA7 #A753BC

tetradic

#BCA753 #53BC72 #5368BC #BC539C

square

#BCA753 #53BC72 #5368BC #BC539C

split-complementary

#BCA753 #539CBC #7253BC

monochromatic

#6B5E2A #97853B #BCA753 #CDBE7F #DED4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BCA753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA753

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA753	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c086',
    500: '#bca753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca753;
$custom-light: #d3c086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72934,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA753

secondary

#9FA8CC

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA753

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

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