#BCA14E#BCA14E

#BCA14E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA14E
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -0.18, 46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 46.14, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0028 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.107 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8606, 36.7329, 12.4602)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA14E #4E69BC

analogous

#BC6A4E #BCA14E #A0BC4E

triadic

#BCA14E #4EBCA1 #A14EBC

tetradic

#BCA14E #4EBC6A #4E69BC #BC4EA0

square

#BCA14E #4EBC6A #4E69BC #BC4EA0

split-complementary

#BCA14E #4EA0BC #6A4EBC

monochromatic

#685827 #957E38 #BCA14E #CDB97A #DED0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BCA14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BCA14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA14E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA14E	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bc82',
    500: '#bca14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca14e;
$custom-light: #d3bc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA14E

secondary

#9BA7CB

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA14E

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

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