#BCA047#BCA047

#BCA047 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA047
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -0.15, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 49.09, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0036 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.113 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4488, 36.2897, 11.1501)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA047 #4763BC

analogous

#BC6547 #BCA047 #9DBC47

triadic

#BCA047 #47BCA0 #A047BC

tetradic

#BCA047 #47BC65 #4763BC #BC479D

square

#BCA047 #47BC65 #4763BC #BC479D

split-complementary

#BCA047 #479DBC #6547BC

monochromatic

#645524 #917B35 #BCA047 #CCB774 #DDCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA047

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA047	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7e',
    500: '#bca047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca047;
$custom-light: #d3bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA047

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA047

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

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