#BCA447#BCA447

#BCA447 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA447
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -2.29, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 50.31, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0098 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.116 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1534, 37.6990, 11.3850)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA447 #475FBC

analogous

#BC6947 #BCA447 #9ABC47

triadic

#BCA447 #47BCA4 #A447BC

tetradic

#BCA447 #47BC69 #475FBC #BC479A

square

#BCA447 #47BC69 #475FBC #BC479A

split-complementary

#BCA447 #479ABC #6947BC

monochromatic

#645724 #917E35 #BCA447 #CCBA74 #DDD0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BCA447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA447

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA447	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7e',
    500: '#bca447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca447;
$custom-light: #d3be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA447

secondary

#95A0C9

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA447

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

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