#BCA54D#BCA54D

#BCA54D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA54D
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -2.40, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 47.87, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0093 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.111 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5352, 38.1391, 12.5096)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA54D #4D64BC

analogous

#BC6E4D #BCA54D #9BBC4D

triadic

#BCA54D #4DBCA5 #A54DBC

tetradic

#BCA54D #4DBC6E #4D64BC #BC4D9B

square

#BCA54D #4DBC6E #4D64BC #BC4D9B

split-complementary

#BCA54D #4D9BBC #6E4DBC

monochromatic

#685A27 #948138 #BCA54D #CDBB79 #DDD2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BCA54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA54D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA54D	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf82',
    500: '#bca54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca54d;
$custom-light: #d3bf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA54D

secondary

#9AA4CB

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA54D

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

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