#BCA44C#BCA44C

#BCA44C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA44C
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -1.94, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 48.01, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0081 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.111 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3205, 37.7658, 12.2652)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA44C #4C64BC

analogous

#BC6C4C #BCA44C #9CBC4C

triadic

#BCA44C #4CBCA4 #A44CBC

tetradic

#BCA44C #4CBC6C #4C64BC #BC4C9C

square

#BCA44C #4CBC6C #4C64BC #BC4C9C

split-complementary

#BCA44C #4C9CBC #6C4CBC

monochromatic

#675927 #948037 #BCA44C #CDBB79 #DDD1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BCA44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA44C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA44C	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)

#B3A143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be81',
    500: '#bca44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca44c;
$custom-light: #d3be81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA44C

secondary

#99A4CA

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA44C

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

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