#BCA45B#BCA45B

#BCA45B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.097 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA45B
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -0.71, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 40.80, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0028 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.097 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9041, 37.9992, 15.3389)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA45B #5B73BC

analogous

#BC745B #BCA45B #A3BC5B

triadic

#BCA45B #5BBCA4 #A45BBC

tetradic

#BCA45B #5BBC74 #5B73BC #BC5BA3

square

#BCA45B #5BBC74 #5B73BC #BC5BA3

split-complementary

#BCA45B #5BA3BC #745BBC

monochromatic

#6F5F2D #9B843F #BCA45B #CEBC86 #E0D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BCA45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA45B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA45B	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.097 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8b',
    500: '#bca45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca45b;
$custom-light: #d2be8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA45B

secondary

#A5AFCE

accent

#75D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA45B

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

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