#BCA755#BCA755

#BCA755 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA755
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -2.84, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 44.75, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0096 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.105 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1988, 38.9863, 14.2109)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA755 #556ABC

analogous

#BC7355 #BCA755 #9DBC55

triadic

#BCA755 #55BCA7 #A755BC

tetradic

#BCA755 #55BC73 #556ABC #BC559D

square

#BCA755 #55BC73 #556ABC #BC559D

split-complementary

#BCA755 #559DBC #7355BC

monochromatic

#6C5F2B #98853C #BCA755 #CDBE81 #DFD4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA755

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA755	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c087',
    500: '#bca755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca755;
$custom-light: #d2c087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA755

secondary

#A0A9CC

accent

#6ED355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA755

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

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