#BCA34E#BCA34E

#BCA34E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA34E
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -1.25, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 46.76, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0059 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.109 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2129, 37.4375, 12.5776)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA34E #4E67BC

analogous

#BC6C4E #BCA34E #9EBC4E

triadic

#BCA34E #4EBCA3 #A34EBC

tetradic

#BCA34E #4EBC6C #4E67BC #BC4E9E

square

#BCA34E #4EBC6C #4E67BC #BC4E9E

split-complementary

#BCA34E #4E9EBC #6C4EBC

monochromatic

#685927 #958038 #BCA34E #CDBA7A #DED1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BCA34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BCA34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA34E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA34E	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be82',
    500: '#bca34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca34e;
$custom-light: #d3be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72036,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA34E

secondary

#9BA6CB

accent

#71D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA34E

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

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