#BCA54C#BCA54C

#BCA54C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA54C
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -2.47, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 48.34, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0097 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.112 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5002, 38.1251, 12.3250)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA54C #4C63BC

analogous

#BC6D4C #BCA54C #9BBC4C

triadic

#BCA54C #4CBCA5 #A54CBC

tetradic

#BCA54C #4CBC6D #4C63BC #BC4C9B

square

#BCA54C #4CBC6D #4C63BC #BC4C9B

split-complementary

#BCA54C #4C9BBC #6D4CBC

monochromatic

#675A27 #948137 #BCA54C #CDBB79 #DDD2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BCA54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA54C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA54C	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#B4A243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf81',
    500: '#bca54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca54c;
$custom-light: #d3bf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA54C

secondary

#99A3CA

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA54C

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

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