#BCA44B#BCA44B

#BCA44B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA44B
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -2.01, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 48.48, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0085 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.112 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2860, 37.7520, 12.0835)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA44B #4B63BC

analogous

#BC6C4B #BCA44B #9CBC4B

triadic

#BCA44B #4BBCA4 #A44BBC

tetradic

#BCA44B #4BBC6C #4B63BC #BC4B9C

square

#BCA44B #4BBC6C #4B63BC #BC4B9C

split-complementary

#BCA44B #4B9CBC #6C4BBC

monochromatic

#665926 #937F37 #BCA44B #CDBB78 #DDD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA44B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA44B	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)

#B3A142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be80',
    500: '#bca44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca44b;
$custom-light: #d3be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA44B

secondary

#99A3CA

accent

#6ED552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA44B

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

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