#BCA44E#BCA44E

#BCA44E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA44E
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -1.79, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 47.08, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0075 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.11 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3911, 37.7940, 12.6371)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA44E #4E66BC

analogous

#BC6D4E #BCA44E #9DBC4E

triadic

#BCA44E #4EBCA4 #A44EBC

tetradic

#BCA44E #4EBC6D #4E66BC #BC4E9D

square

#BCA44E #4EBC6D #4E66BC #BC4E9D

split-complementary

#BCA44E #4E9DBC #6D4EBC

monochromatic

#685A27 #958038 #BCA44E #CDBB7A #DED2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA44E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA44E	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)

#B3A145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be82',
    500: '#bca44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca44e;
$custom-light: #d3be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA44E

secondary

#9BA5CB

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA44E

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

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