#BCA953#BCA953

#BCA953 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA953
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -4.06, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 46.41, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0134 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.109 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4897, 39.6934, 13.9215)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA953 #5366BC

analogous

#BC7453 #BCA953 #9ABC53

triadic

#BCA953 #53BCA9 #A953BC

tetradic

#BCA953 #53BC74 #5366BC #BC539A

square

#BCA953 #53BC74 #5366BC #BC539A

split-complementary

#BCA953 #539ABC #7453BC

monochromatic

#6B5F2A #97863B #BCA953 #CDBF7F #DED5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BCA953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA953

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA953	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)

#B8A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c286',
    500: '#bca953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca953;
$custom-light: #d3c286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA953

secondary

#9FA7CC

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA953

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

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