#BCA34D#BCA34D

#BCA34D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA34D
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -1.33, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 47.23, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0063 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.11 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1773, 37.4233, 12.3903)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA34D #4D66BC

analogous

#BC6B4D #BCA34D #9EBC4D

triadic

#BCA34D #4DBCA3 #A34DBC

tetradic

#BCA34D #4DBC6B #4D66BC #BC4D9E

square

#BCA34D #4DBC6B #4D66BC #BC4D9E

split-complementary

#BCA34D #4D9EBC #6B4DBC

monochromatic

#685927 #947F38 #BCA34D #CDBA79 #DDD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BCA34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BCA34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA34D

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA34D	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)

#B2A044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be82',
    500: '#bca34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca34d;
$custom-light: #d3be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.486,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA34D

secondary

#9AA5CB

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA34D

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

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