#BCA951#BCA951

#BCA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA951
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -4.22, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 47.36, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0141 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.111 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4136, 39.6629, 13.5206)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA951 #5164BC

analogous

#BC7451 #BCA951 #99BC51

triadic

#BCA951 #51BCA9 #A951BC

tetradic

#BCA951 #51BC74 #5164BC #BC5199

square

#BCA951 #51BC74 #5164BC #BC5199

split-complementary

#BCA951 #5199BC #7451BC

monochromatic

#6A5E29 #96863A #BCA951 #CDBF7D #DED5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BCA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA951

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA951	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c285',
    500: '#bca951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca951;
$custom-light: #d3c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73331,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA951

secondary

#9DA5CC

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA951

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

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