#BCA149#BCA149

#BCA149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA149
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -0.55, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 48.47, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0045 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.112 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6881, 36.6639, 11.5518)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA149 #4964BC

analogous

#BC6749 #BCA149 #9DBC49

triadic

#BCA149 #49BCA1 #A149BC

tetradic

#BCA149 #49BC67 #4964BC #BC499D

square

#BCA149 #49BC67 #4964BC #BC499D

split-complementary

#BCA149 #499DBC #6749BC

monochromatic

#655625 #927C36 #BCA149 #CCB876 #DDCFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BCA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA149

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA149	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc7f',
    500: '#bca149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca149;
$custom-light: #d3bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71561,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA149

secondary

#97A3CA

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA149

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

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