#BCA759#BCA759

#BCA759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA759
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -2.50, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 42.80, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0082 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.102 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3622, 39.0516, 15.0716)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA759 #596EBC

analogous

#BC7659 #BCA759 #9FBC59

triadic

#BCA759 #59BCA7 #A759BC

tetradic

#BCA759 #59BC76 #596EBC #BC599F

square

#BCA759 #59BC76 #596EBC #BC599F

split-complementary

#BCA759 #599FBC #7659BC

monochromatic

#6E602C #9A863E #BCA759 #CEBE85 #DFD5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BCA759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BCA759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA759

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA759	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c08a',
    500: '#bca759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca759;
$custom-light: #d2c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA759

secondary

#A3ACCD

accent

#70D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA759

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

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