#BCAA57#BCAA57

#BCAA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA57
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -4.26, 44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 44.84, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0135 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.106 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8353, 40.1304, 14.8206)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA57 #5769BC

analogous

#BC7857 #BCAA57 #9CBC57

triadic

#BCAA57 #57BCAA #AA57BC

tetradic

#BCAA57 #57BC78 #5769BC #BC579C

square

#BCAA57 #57BC78 #5769BC #BC579C

split-complementary

#BCAA57 #579CBC #7857BC

monochromatic

#6D612C #99883D #BCAA57 #CDC083 #DFD6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BCAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA57

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA57	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c389',
    500: '#bcaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa57;
$custom-light: #d2c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.307,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73617,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA57

secondary

#A2AACD

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA57

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

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