#BCA448#BCA448

#BCA448 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA448
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -2.23, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 49.86, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0094 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.115 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1857, 37.7119, 11.5554)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA448 #4860BC

analogous

#BC6A48 #BCA448 #9ABC48

triadic

#BCA448 #48BCA4 #A448BC

tetradic

#BCA448 #48BC6A #4860BC #BC489A

square

#BCA448 #48BC6A #4860BC #BC489A

split-complementary

#BCA448 #489ABC #6A48BC

monochromatic

#655825 #927E35 #BCA448 #CCBA75 #DDD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BCA448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA448

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA448	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)

#B4A13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7e',
    500: '#bca448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca448;
$custom-light: #d3be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA448

secondary

#96A1CA

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA448

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

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