#BCA862#BCA862

#BCA862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.093 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA862
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -2.20, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 38.69, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0064 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.093 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9474, 39.5800, 17.2464)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA862 #6276BC

analogous

#BC7B62 #BCA862 #A3BC62

triadic

#BCA862 #62BCA8 #A862BC

tetradic

#BCA862 #62BC7B #6276BC #BC62A3

square

#BCA862 #62BC7B #6276BC #BC62A3

split-complementary

#BCA862 #62A3BC #7B62BC

monochromatic

#736431 #9E8943 #BCA862 #CEC08D #E1D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BCA862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA862

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA862	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.093 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c190',
    500: '#bca862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca862;
$custom-light: #d2c190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73351,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA862

secondary

#AAB3CF

accent

#72D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA862

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

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