#BCA856#BCA856

#BCA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.105 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA856
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -3.29, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 44.61, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0108 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.105 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4227, 39.3701, 14.4829)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA856 #566ABC

analogous

#BC7556 #BCA856 #9DBC56

triadic

#BCA856 #56BCA8 #A856BC

tetradic

#BCA856 #56BC75 #566ABC #BC569D

square

#BCA856 #56BC75 #566ABC #BC569D

split-complementary

#BCA856 #569DBC #7556BC

monochromatic

#6D602B #98863C #BCA856 #CDBF82 #DFD5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BCA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA856

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA856	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)

#B6A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.105 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c188',
    500: '#bca856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca856;
$custom-light: #d2c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73182,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA856

secondary

#A1AACD

accent

#6ED355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA856

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

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