#BCA049#BCA049

#BCA049 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA049
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -0.01, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 48.17, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0029 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.111 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5140, 36.3158, 11.4938)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA049 #4965BC

analogous

#BC6649 #BCA049 #9EBC49

triadic

#BCA049 #49BCA0 #A049BC

tetradic

#BCA049 #49BC66 #4965BC #BC499E

square

#BCA049 #49BC66 #4965BC #BC499E

split-complementary

#BCA049 #499EBC #6649BC

monochromatic

#655625 #927C36 #BCA049 #CCB776 #DDCFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BCA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA049

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA049	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)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7f',
    500: '#bca049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca049;
$custom-light: #d3bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA049

secondary

#97A3CA

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA049

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

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