#BCAA56#BCAA56

#BCAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA56
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -4.35, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 45.33, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0139 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.107 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7948, 40.1142, 14.6070)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA56 #5668BC

analogous

#BC7756 #BCAA56 #9BBC56

triadic

#BCAA56 #56BCAA #AA56BC

tetradic

#BCAA56 #56BC77 #5668BC #BC569B

square

#BCAA56 #56BC77 #5668BC #BC569B

split-complementary

#BCAA56 #569BBC #7756BC

monochromatic

#6D612B #98883C #BCAA56 #CDC082 #DFD6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA56

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA56	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)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c388',
    500: '#bcaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa56;
$custom-light: #d2c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA56

secondary

#A1A9CD

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA56

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

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