#BCA249#BCA249

#BCA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA249
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -1.08, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 48.77, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.006 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.113 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8635, 37.0148, 11.6103)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA249 #4963BC

analogous

#BC6849 #BCA249 #9CBC49

triadic

#BCA249 #49BCA2 #A249BC

tetradic

#BCA249 #49BC68 #4963BC #BC499C

square

#BCA249 #49BC68 #4963BC #BC499C

split-complementary

#BCA249 #499CBC #6849BC

monochromatic

#655725 #927D36 #BCA249 #CCB976 #DDD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BCA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BCA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA249

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA249	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bd7f',
    500: '#bca249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca249;
$custom-light: #d3bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7177,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA249

secondary

#97A2CA

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA249

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

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