#BCA850#BCA850

#BCA850 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA850
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -3.77, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 47.48, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0129 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.111 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1910, 39.2774, 13.2628)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA850 #5064BC

analogous

#BC7250 #BCA850 #9ABC50

triadic

#BCA850 #50BCA8 #A850BC

tetradic

#BCA850 #50BC72 #5064BC #BC509A

square

#BCA850 #50BC72 #5064BC #BC509A

split-complementary

#BCA850 #509ABC #7250BC

monochromatic

#695D28 #968439 #BCA850 #CDBE7C #DED4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BCA850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA850

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA850	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c184',
    500: '#bca850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca850;
$custom-light: #d3c184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73108,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA850

secondary

#9CA5CB

accent

#6BD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA850

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

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