#BCA34B#BCA34B

#BCA34B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA34B
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -1.48, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 48.16, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0069 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.112 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1078, 37.3955, 12.0241)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA34B #4B64BC

analogous

#BC6B4B #BCA34B #9DBC4B

triadic

#BCA34B #4BBCA3 #A34BBC

tetradic

#BCA34B #4BBC6B #4B64BC #BC4B9D

square

#BCA34B #4BBC6B #4B64BC #BC4B9D

split-complementary

#BCA34B #4B9DBC #6B4BBC

monochromatic

#665826 #937F37 #BCA34B #CDBA78 #DDD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA34B

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA34B	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be80',
    500: '#bca34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca34b;
$custom-light: #d3be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72001,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA34B

secondary

#99A4CA

accent

#6FD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA34B

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

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