#BCA45C#BCA45C

#BCA45C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.096 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA45C
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 92)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -0.62, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 40.31, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0024 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.096 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9475, 38.0166, 15.5676)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA45C #5C74BC

analogous

#BC745C #BCA45C #A4BC5C

triadic

#BCA45C #5CBCA4 #A45CBC

tetradic

#BCA45C #5CBC74 #5C74BC #BC5CA4

square

#BCA45C #5CBC74 #5C74BC #BC5CA4

split-complementary

#BCA45C #5CA4BC #745CBC

monochromatic

#705F2E #9B8440 #BCA45C #CEBC87 #E0D4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BCA45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA45C

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA45C	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)

#B2A256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.096 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be8c',
    500: '#bca45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca45c;
$custom-light: #d2be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72428,
    "c": 0.09613,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA45C

secondary

#A6B0CE

accent

#75D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA45C

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

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