#BCA146#BCA146

#BCA146 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA146
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -0.76, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 49.84, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0055 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.114 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5910, 36.6251, 11.0405)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA146 #4661BC

analogous

#BC6646 #BCA146 #9CBC46

triadic

#BCA146 #46BCA1 #A146BC

tetradic

#BCA146 #46BC66 #4661BC #BC469C

square

#BCA146 #46BC66 #4661BC #BC469C

split-complementary

#BCA146 #469CBC #6646BC

monochromatic

#645524 #907B34 #BCA146 #CCB873 #DDCFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BCA146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA146

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA146	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc7d',
    500: '#bca146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca146;
$custom-light: #d3bc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA146

secondary

#95A1C9

accent

#70D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA146

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

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