#BCA349#BCA349

#BCA349 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA349
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -1.62, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 49.08, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0076 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.113 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0404, 37.3685, 11.6692)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA349 #4962BC

analogous

#BC6949 #BCA349 #9BBC49

triadic

#BCA349 #49BCA3 #A349BC

tetradic

#BCA349 #49BC69 #4962BC #BC499B

square

#BCA349 #49BC69 #4962BC #BC499B

split-complementary

#BCA349 #499BBC #6949BC

monochromatic

#655725 #927E36 #BCA349 #CCBA76 #DDD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BCA349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA349

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA349	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)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7f',
    500: '#bca349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca349;
$custom-light: #d3be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA349

secondary

#97A2CA

accent

#6FD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA349

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

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