#BCA549#BCA549

#BCA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA549
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -2.69, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 49.72, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0107 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.115 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3983, 38.0844, 11.7885)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA549 #4960BC

analogous

#BC6B49 #BCA549 #99BC49

triadic

#BCA549 #49BCA5 #A549BC

tetradic

#BCA549 #49BC6B #4960BC #BC4999

square

#BCA549 #49BC6B #4960BC #BC4999

split-complementary

#BCA549 #4999BC #6B49BC

monochromatic

#655925 #928036 #BCA549 #CCBB76 #DDD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA549

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA549	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf7f',
    500: '#bca549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca549;
$custom-light: #d3bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA549

secondary

#97A1CA

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA549

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

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