#BCA44D#BCA44D

#BCA44D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA44D
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -1.87, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 47.55, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0078 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.111 94)
XYZ	xyz(35.3555, 37.7798, 12.4497)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA44D #4D65BC

analogous

#BC6D4D #BCA44D #9DBC4D

triadic

#BCA44D #4DBCA4 #A44DBC

tetradic

#BCA44D #4DBC6D #4D65BC #BC4D9D

square

#BCA44D #4DBC6D #4D65BC #BC4D9D

split-complementary

#BCA44D #4D9DBC #6D4DBC

monochromatic

#685A27 #948038 #BCA44D #CDBB79 #DDD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA44D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA44D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be82',
    500: '#bca44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca44d;
$custom-light: #d3be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.37778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA44D

secondary

#9AA5CB

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA44D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →