#BCA757#BCA757

#BCA757 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA757
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -2.67, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 43.78, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0089 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.103 95)
XYZ	xyz(36.2794, 39.0185, 14.6353)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA757 #576CBC

analogous

#BC7557 #BCA757 #9FBC57

triadic

#BCA757 #57BCA7 #A757BC

tetradic

#BCA757 #57BC75 #576CBC #BC579F

square

#BCA757 #57BC75 #576CBC #BC579F

split-complementary

#BCA757 #579FBC #7557BC

monochromatic

#6D5F2C #99863D #BCA757 #CDBE83 #DFD5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BCA757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BCA757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA757

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA757	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)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c088',
    500: '#bca757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca757;
$custom-light: #d2c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72986,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.39017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA757

secondary

#A2ABCD

accent

#6FD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA757

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

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