#BCA860#BCA860

#BCA860 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.095 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA860
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -2.39, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 39.69, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0071 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.095 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8542, 39.5427, 16.7553)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA860 #6074BC

analogous

#BC7A60 #BCA860 #A2BC60

triadic

#BCA860 #60BCA8 #A860BC

tetradic

#BCA860 #60BC7A #6074BC #BC60A2

square

#BCA860 #60BC7A #6074BC #BC60A2

split-complementary

#BCA860 #60A2BC #7A60BC

monochromatic

#726330 #9D8942 #BCA860 #CEC08B #E0D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCA860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA860

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA860	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.095 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c18e',
    500: '#bca860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca860;
$custom-light: #d2c18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73321,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA860

secondary

#A9B1CF

accent

#72D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA860

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

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