#BCA855#BCA855

#BCA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA855
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -3.37, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 45.09, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0112 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.106 96)
XYZ	xyz(36.3827, 39.3541, 14.2722)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA855 #5569BC

analogous

#BC7455 #BCA855 #9CBC55

triadic

#BCA855 #55BCA8 #A855BC

tetradic

#BCA855 #55BC74 #5569BC #BC559C

square

#BCA855 #55BC74 #5569BC #BC559C

split-complementary

#BCA855 #559CBC #7455BC

monochromatic

#6C5F2B #98863C #BCA855 #CDBE81 #DFD5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BCA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA855

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA855	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c187',
    500: '#bca855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca855;
$custom-light: #d2c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7317,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.39353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA855

secondary

#A0A9CC

accent

#6DD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA855

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

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