#BCA14A#BCA14A

#BCA14A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA14A
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -0.48, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 48.01, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0042 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.111 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7215, 36.6773, 11.7278)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA14A #4A65BC

analogous

#BC684A #BCA14A #9EBC4A

triadic

#BCA14A #4ABCA1 #A14ABC

tetradic

#BCA14A #4ABC68 #4A65BC #BC4A9E

square

#BCA14A #4ABC68 #4A65BC #BC4A9E

split-complementary

#BCA14A #4A9EBC #684ABC

monochromatic

#665726 #937D36 #BCA14A #CDB877 #DDCFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BCA14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA14A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA14A	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc80',
    500: '#bca14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca14a;
$custom-light: #d3bc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA14A

secondary

#98A4CA

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA14A

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

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