#BCA44F#BCA44F

#BCA44F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA44F
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -1.71, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 46.61, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0071 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.109 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4272, 37.8085, 12.8273)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA44F #4F67BC

analogous

#BC6E4F #BCA44F #9EBC4F

triadic

#BCA44F #4FBCA4 #A44FBC

tetradic

#BCA44F #4FBC6E #4F67BC #BC4F9E

square

#BCA44F #4FBC6E #4F67BC #BC4F9E

split-complementary

#BCA44F #4F9EBC #6E4FBC

monochromatic

#695A28 #958139 #BCA44F #CDBB7B #DED2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BCA44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BCA44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA44F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA44F	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)

#B3A147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be83',
    500: '#bca44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca44f;
$custom-light: #d3be83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA44F

secondary

#9CA6CB

accent

#70D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA44F

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

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