#BCA44A#BCA44A

#BCA44A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA44A
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -2.08, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 48.94, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0088 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.113 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2520, 37.7384, 11.9046)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA44A #4A62BC

analogous

#BC6B4A #BCA44A #9BBC4A

triadic

#BCA44A #4ABCA4 #A44ABC

tetradic

#BCA44A #4ABC6B #4A62BC #BC4A9B

square

#BCA44A #4ABC6B #4A62BC #BC4A9B

split-complementary

#BCA44A #4A9BBC #6B4ABC

monochromatic

#665826 #937F36 #BCA44A #CDBA77 #DDD1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA44A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA44A	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be80',
    500: '#bca44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca44a;
$custom-light: #d3be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA44A

secondary

#98A2CA

accent

#6ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA44A

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

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