#BCA348#BCA348

#BCA348 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA348
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -1.69, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 49.54, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0079 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.114 94)
XYZ	xyz(35.0075, 37.3554, 11.4960)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA348 #4861BC

analogous

#BC6948 #BCA348 #9BBC48

triadic

#BCA348 #48BCA3 #A348BC

tetradic

#BCA348 #48BC69 #4861BC #BC489B

square

#BCA348 #48BC69 #4861BC #BC489B

split-complementary

#BCA348 #489BBC #6948BC

monochromatic

#655725 #927E35 #BCA348 #CCBA75 #DDD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BCA348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA348

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA348	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7e',
    500: '#bca348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca348;
$custom-light: #d3be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71968,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.37354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA348

secondary

#96A1CA

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA348

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

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