#BCA956#BCA956

#BCA956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA956
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -3.82, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 44.97, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0124 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.106 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6080, 39.7407, 14.5447)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA956 #5669BC

analogous

#BC7656 #BCA956 #9CBC56

triadic

#BCA956 #56BCA9 #A956BC

tetradic

#BCA956 #56BC76 #5669BC #BC569C

square

#BCA956 #56BC76 #5669BC #BC569C

split-complementary

#BCA956 #569CBC #7656BC

monochromatic

#6D602B #98873C #BCA956 #CDBF82 #DFD6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA956

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA956	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c288',
    500: '#bca956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca956;
$custom-light: #d2c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73393,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA956

secondary

#A1A9CD

accent

#6CD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA956

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

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