#BCA952#BCA952

#BCA952 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA952
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -4.14, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 46.88, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0138 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.11 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4514, 39.6781, 13.7196)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA952 #5265BC

analogous

#BC7452 #BCA952 #9ABC52

triadic

#BCA952 #52BCA9 #A952BC

tetradic

#BCA952 #52BC74 #5265BC #BC529A

square

#BCA952 #52BC74 #5265BC #BC529A

split-complementary

#BCA952 #529ABC #7452BC

monochromatic

#6A5F29 #97863A #BCA952 #CDBF7E #DED5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCA952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA952

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA952	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c285',
    500: '#bca952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca952;
$custom-light: #d3c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA952

secondary

#9EA6CC

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA952

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

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