#BCA853#BCA853

#BCA853 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA853
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -3.53, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 46.05, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0119 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.108 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3044, 39.3227, 13.8597)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA853 #5367BC

analogous

#BC7353 #BCA853 #9CBC53

triadic

#BCA853 #53BCA8 #A853BC

tetradic

#BCA853 #53BC73 #5367BC #BC539C

square

#BCA853 #53BC73 #5367BC #BC539C

split-complementary

#BCA853 #539CBC #7353BC

monochromatic

#6B5F2A #97853B #BCA853 #CDBE7F #DED5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BCA853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA853

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA853	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)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c186',
    500: '#bca853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca853;
$custom-light: #d3c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA853

secondary

#9FA7CC

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA853

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

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