#BCA546#BCA546

#BCA546 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA546
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -2.89, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 51.08, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0116 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.117 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3012, 38.0455, 11.2773)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA546 #465DBC

analogous

#BC6A46 #BCA546 #98BC46

triadic

#BCA546 #46BCA5 #A546BC

tetradic

#BCA546 #46BC6A #465DBC #BC4698

square

#BCA546 #46BC6A #465DBC #BC4698

split-complementary

#BCA546 #4698BC #6A46BC

monochromatic

#645724 #907F34 #BCA546 #CCBB73 #DDD1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BCA546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA546

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA546	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7d',
    500: '#bca546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca546;
$custom-light: #d3bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72366,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA546

secondary

#959FC9

accent

#6BD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA546

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

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