#BCA04B#BCA04B

#BCA04B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA04B
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 0.13, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 47.24, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0023 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.109 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5814, 36.3428, 11.8486)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA04B #4B67BC

analogous

#BC684B #BCA04B #A0BC4B

triadic

#BCA04B #4BBCA0 #A04BBC

tetradic

#BCA04B #4BBC68 #4B67BC #BC4BA0

square

#BCA04B #4BBC68 #4B67BC #BC4BA0

split-complementary

#BCA04B #4BA0BC #684BBC

monochromatic

#665726 #937C37 #BCA04B #CDB878 #DDCFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BCA04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BCA04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA04B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA04B	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)

#B09E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb80',
    500: '#bca04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca04b;
$custom-light: #d3bb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71376,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA04B

secondary

#99A5CA

accent

#73D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA04B

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

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