#BCA54B#BCA54B

#BCA54B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA54B
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -2.55, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 48.80, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.01 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.113 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4657, 38.1113, 12.1434)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA54B #4B62BC

analogous

#BC6D4B #BCA54B #9BBC4B

triadic

#BCA54B #4BBCA5 #A54BBC

tetradic

#BCA54B #4BBC6D #4B62BC #BC4B9B

square

#BCA54B #4BBC6D #4B62BC #BC4B9B

split-complementary

#BCA54B #4B9BBC #6D4BBC

monochromatic

#665926 #938037 #BCA54B #CDBB78 #DDD2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BCA54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA54B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA54B	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)

#B4A242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf80',
    500: '#bca54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca54b;
$custom-light: #d3bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7242,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA54B

secondary

#99A3CA

accent

#6DD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA54B

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

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