#BCA04A#BCA04A

#BCA04A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA04A
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 0.06, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 47.71, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0026 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.11 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5474, 36.3292, 11.6698)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA04A #4A66BC

analogous

#BC674A #BCA04A #9FBC4A

triadic

#BCA04A #4ABCA0 #A04ABC

tetradic

#BCA04A #4ABC67 #4A66BC #BC4A9F

square

#BCA04A #4ABC67 #4A66BC #BC4A9F

split-complementary

#BCA04A #4A9FBC #674ABC

monochromatic

#665626 #937C36 #BCA04A #CDB777 #DDCFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BCA04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA04A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA04A	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb80',
    500: '#bca04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca04a;
$custom-light: #d3bb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71364,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA04A

secondary

#98A4CA

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA04A

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

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