#BCAA55#BCAA55

#BCAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA55
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -4.43, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 45.81, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0142 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.108 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7548, 40.0982, 14.3963)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA55 #5567BC

analogous

#BC7655 #BCAA55 #9ABC55

triadic

#BCAA55 #55BCAA #AA55BC

tetradic

#BCAA55 #55BC76 #5567BC #BC559A

square

#BCAA55 #55BC76 #5567BC #BC559A

split-complementary

#BCAA55 #559ABC #7655BC

monochromatic

#6C612B #98883C #BCAA55 #CDC081 #DFD6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA55

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA55	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c387',
    500: '#bcaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa55;
$custom-light: #d2c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73591,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA55

secondary

#A0A8CC

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA55

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

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